Company pauses daily bus transport of workers after charter rollover in northern B.C. | 24CA News
The firm that employs two dozen housekeeping employees concerned in a constitution bus rollover in northern British Columbia final week says it has suspended each day busing of employees from its worksite.
The Dexterra Group is the mother or father firm of Horizon North, which employs the housekeepers at Parsnip Lodge, a work camp north of Prince George for Coastal GasLink crews.
On Monday, Unite Here Local 40, the union representing the employees, stated the corporate had moved housekeepers from on-site to Prince George to make room for these pipeline staff.
That resulted in a four-hour round-trip each day bus journey for housekeepers the union stated violated its collective settlement.
In a press release Tuesday, Dexterra stated it had been instructed by purchasers to maneuver its staff off-site briefly as a result of the power was at peak capability.
“However, until our investigation is complete, we are not allowing any daily bussing of our operations teams to or from Parsnip Lodge,” it stated.
“Our own investigation of the incident is still underway, and we are cooperating with the RCMP and other government agencies in their investigations as well.”
The firm stated additionally it is at the moment in talks and arbitration with the union unrelated to transportation security.
Dexterra stated it’s providing help for the 24 staff who had been on the bus when it rolled final Friday by means of its advantages program and “to offer any further assistance that would help ensure their health and well-being.”
Eighteen individuals had been harm within the crash on the Firth Lake Forest Service Road close to Hambone Road.
The RCMP is conducting its personal investigation into the incident.
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