Canadian Human Rights Commission: Steve Hunt

HD Mining Dept: Huizhi Li - a Chinese miner who may have arrived with HD Mining's first cohort of 15 workers at the end of October - has sent a letter to the Canadian Human Rights Commission saying information posted to the union's website alleges Chinese miners will work for reduced wages and in substandard conditions, which denies Canadians opportunity to those jobs, according to Vancouver Sun. Hunt points out the letter was written on HD Mining letterhead, and he says the union knew it would only be a matter of time before the company made racial accusations and one of the 17 Chinese workers at a controversial Murray River coal mine has launched a human rights complaint alleging leaflets and website content produced by the United Steelworkers Union are likely to create contempt for Chinese people. Steve Hunt, the union's western Canadian director, says the accusation is bizarre, because his union has been fighting for workers' rights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.