B.C. elevator workers threaten strike, employers serve lockout notice
bc.ctvnews.ca
Work on elevators across B.C. could come to a halt as soon as Tuesday, after union negotiations broke down last week.

My office just sent out a message saying the elevator union workers are going on strike tomorrow and all elevators will be shut down.

  • Shadow@lemmy.ca
    92·
    9 months ago

    They’re not closing them. They just won’t be fixed if they break. Ops building manager is smoking something good I think.

    Fire department would get out anyone stuck, not the service tech.

        • BillMurray@lemmy.caOP
          1·
          9 months ago

          I think it puts panic into the general public and pressure onto the elevator companies to come back to the bargaining table. If anything I have more respect for elevator workers now, they keep shit moving.

          • tartra@lemmy.ca
            1·
            9 months ago

            That’s definitely how I hope it’s taken by the general public!

            It looked like a sign that management had posted in solidarity with the elevator companies rather than with the workers themselves, so I figured it was meant to be taken cynically.

    • Kan@lemmy.ca
      5·
      9 months ago

      I’ve seen firemen seriously damage elevators cause they aren’t properly trained to open them if something goes wrong. That turns into verify costly repairs and downtime. If I we’re a building owner of turn them off than deal with damage.

      • Shadow@lemmy.ca
        1·
        9 months ago

        I can see that in a rental building with a shitty landlord, but that’s pretty bullshit IMHO. There’s a lot of elderly / disabled people who can’t climb stairs, or need groceries, etc.

        I’m guessing this strike won’t last long once they start breaking down.