Three days after serving 72-hour strike notice, employees at Horizon North’s Kobes Creek Lodge were locked out of work by their employer.
Monday night, management informed the workers they were being locked out of work and had thirty minutes to gather their things.
The union representing the workers said they were then bussed to Fort St. John and left in a hotel parking lot, hundreds of kilometers from their homes in Edmonton.
“It’s outrageous,” said Miranda Nedd, First Cook at Kobes Creek Lodge. “All we’re asking for is a living wage and they kick us out and leave us on the side of the road like garbage. We’re not disposable and we’re going to fight until we win. We are some of the lowest paid workers in BC’s resource camps. We deserve fair pay and respect.”
The 31 culinary, housekeeping and janitorial workers have been in bargaining since December last year and are demanding better wages, travel pay, safe workloads, and improved benefits.
They voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in February of this year and served a strike-notice on Friday.
Hospitality workers at ConocoPhillips’ CPC Montney camp are also ramping up pressure on their employer, having served 72-hour strike notice. Workers at CPC Montney will be in a strike position on Thursday, May 1, 2025.