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When you lift a post from another forum it is usually appreciated by others to acknowledge where you found the info in the first place.
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Any particular reason why you didn't also post the court's final ruling on liability for the Giant Mine disaster that I provided in the forum located at the above URL as well ??
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Here's how the court ruled on the entire Giant Mine fiasco. Look at how the court assessed liability.
lancasterhouse.com
LANCASTER'S WEEKLY
LABOUR LAW E-BULLETIN
Editors: Boris Bohuslawsky, Paula Chapman
December 21, 2004 Issue No. 78
FAMILIES OF VICTIMS IN GIANT MINE BOMBING AWARDED $10.7 MILLION, COURT BLAMES EMPLOYER, PINKERTON’S GOVERNMENT AND UNION
On December 16, Judge Arthur Lutz of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories awarded $10.7 million to the families of nine workers who were killed, during a 1992 strike, by explosives set on a track 750 feet underground at the Giant Mine outside Yellowknife. The civil lawsuit was filed on behalf of the goldminers’ families by the Workers’ Compensation Board, which compensated the families after a striking miner confessed to killing the nine workers.
On May 22, 1992, Royal Oak Mines Limited, the mining company headed by CEO Peggy Witte, locked out the workers at Giant Mine, a day before they planned to strike, and hired replacement workers, as well as security forces from Pinkerton’s of Canada. In a 419-page decision, Judge Lutz found that tensions escalated over the next few months, and the company and the union did little to resolve the dispute. “There were physical injuries inflicted, threats, property damage, watching and besetting replacement workers’ homes,” Judge Lutz wrote. “It would have been astounding if someone had not been killed.”
Roger Warren, a striking miner determined to scare replacement workers away, planted a bag of explosive powder and two sticks of dynamite on an underground track. On September 18, 1992, nine men — three replacement workers and six union members who had returned to work — were killed by the blast when their mining car hit Warren’s bomb. Warren confessed to the killings, and was sentenced to life in prison on nine counts of second-degree murder.
Judge Lutz concluded that neither the company nor the Canadian Association of Smelter & Allied Workers (affiliated with the Canadian Auto Workers) demonstrated a willingness to bargain in good faith during the 18-month strike. He sharply criticized the conduct of both the employer, for whom “the safety of workers was trumped by the financial bottom line,” and the union, whose “motto was ‘don’t get caught.’” He also chastised the territorial government, finding that mining inspectors “dithered” on protecting the replacement workers even though they were aware of the danger that violence could erupt. The judge apportioned liability as follows: 26 percent to Warren; 23 percent to Royal Oak; 22 percent to the union; 15 percent to Pinkerton’s; and nine percent to the territorial government.
Buzz Hargrove, president of the CAW, stated: “It’s a terrible decision, quite frankly, and it shows a lack of understanding of trade unions by the judge.” The union has indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling. |
