Strike action at the Babine Forest Products mill in 亚洲天堂 Lake will resume after negotiations between the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1-2017 and the Interior Forest Labour Relations Association broke down.

鈥淎fter making some very significant moves to break the logjam between the two parties, the industry still insisted on keeping concessions on the table and dictating conditions on bargaining,鈥� said Bob Matters, USW Staff and lead negotiator, according to a news release posted Nov. 19 on the Local 1-2017 website.

The overtime ban and rotating strikes would continue, after the union suspended them in the lead up to the mediation, which took place Nov. 14-16 in Kelowna.

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鈥淲ith the forest industry reporting record profits in 2018, the employer is not willing to share in those profits while insisting the union agree to concessions,鈥� the release added.

Strike positions by USW local unions in southern parts of British Columbia would begin in the morning of Nov. 21, with 鈥渟trategic job action鈥� starting next week.

A union spokesperson was not available to give further details to Lakes District 亚洲天堂.

Local 1-2017, which represents more than 1,500 forestry workers in northern B.C., began rotating strikes in early October.