Headline history: Ferry workers’ union fights for collective bargaining

History is stacked with the many wins unions brought the working class, but it’s easy to forget the loses along the way.
In the Sept. 14, 2010, edition of the News Bulletin, the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union stated it was planning to appeal an arbitrator’s decision to exclude some senior positions from the union contract.
The story made the front page.
According to the arbitrator’s decision, all managers on large and intermediate vessels, senior chief engineers in