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Employer's attempt to organize his own workers backfires

Some people still believe that unions have outlived their usefulness. The story of Rempel Bros. Concrete Ltd. would indicate otherwise.

Doug Blender, general manager of Rempel Bros. Concrete, a “fiercely non-union company” by his own account, decided to take union organizing into his own hands to try to stave off any more organizing drives by the B.C. Teamsters and Operating Engineers unions. He decided that the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) was a much better fit for the employees and the company.

His plan backfired.

Read more about this amazing story on Pg. 4 of the latest edition of 213 Times.