B.C.’s gravel truck drivers threaten to stop work

[Bullwinkle]

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s gravel truck drivers could stage a work stoppage if low rates paid for work on the Port Mann Bridge aren’t raised, the Teamsters Union said Friday.

The going rate per hour for a gravel truck and trailer has been about $124, said Don McGill, president of the B.C. Teamsters Union, which represents about 1,000 independent truck owners.

But Peter Kiewit Sons Co. — which along with Flatiron Constructors Canada has a fixed-price contract of $2.46 billion to build the bridge and do related work — is only paying $85 an hour, McGill said.

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[superbiker49]

boy i wish the media would report the whole story. where they say that 41% of the trucks failed, they did not mention that this was a targeted inspection blitz. ie, they were targeting gravel trucks only. but the way they worded it makes it sound like almost half the trucks on the road are defective. it really burns my ass.