Dogwood News This Week: upside down
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news and action Friday June 23, 2023 The bus was driving fast, too fast for the narrow dirt road north of Prince George. Rain fell all morning as muddy white trucks whipped by the bus windows.
On board were 24 housekeepers headed to Coastal GasLink’s Parsnip Lodge, to clean rooms at the sprawling, 1,000-man pipeline camp.
The cleaners are mostly immigrant women from Somalia and Ethiopia. They were nervous about the road, and unhappy about the long, winding drive from Prince George.
Earlier this year, the cleaners’ union filed a grievance against the camp operator for breaking their collective agreement. ...
The camp operator, Horizon North, had promised to house cleaning staff on site. But they went back on that, forcing the women to make a four-hour round trip every day to get to work.
We don’t know exactly what happened, but the bus rolled upside down, throwing the women from their seats. 18 had to go to hospital in Prince George. Several suffered concussions. Fortunately, no one died.
"It was terrifying for them," said Michelle Travis, a spokesperson for Unite Here Local 40. "For a number of them, they're scared to get on a bus again."
This is the stark reality of many of the “good, secure” jobs that come with B.C.’s fracking and LNG boom. “The company didn't value their work or their safety," said Travis.
The truth is, Coastal GasLink operates as if money is the most important thing. The company is $8 billion over budget as it rushes to complete the pipeline. Workers, local communities, fish and wildlife, clean water – they all take a back seat.
Solidarity with the Unite Here members injured last week on their way to work. All oil & gas workers deserve dignified, well-paid work in jobs that don’t sacrifice their health and safety, or our collective future. It’s up to the B.C. and federal governments to make that happen with a just transition to renewable energy.
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