Staff at lodge for LNG workers vote to strike, potentially disrupting Kitimat project

Employees at a lodge housing workers for LNG Canada’s under-construction facility in Kitimat, B.C., have authorized strike action, potentially disrupting the massive project.

The unions representing workers at the Cedar Valley Lodge say members voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action on July 7.

One of the unions, Unite Here Local 40, says Cedar Valley accommodates up to 5,000 camp workers for LNG Canada and is “the only accommodation facility in Kitimat large enough” to house so many people.

The 450 lodge workers who voted for strike action are employed by Sodexo, which offers hospitality, food and maintenance services at the lodge.

Unite Here says mediation with the employer began Monday at

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