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News item. Strike is being staged by members of the Ferry and Marine Workers Union, the CLC, and the BC Federation of Labour. Negotiations have been stalled since 01-July-1977, so employees have been without a contract since then. Labour Minister Allen Williams calls the walkout "irresponsible" and says employees could still receive pay if they agreed to continue working while negotiations continued through "the railways and ferries bargaining association." The B.C. government has declared the strike illegal, and threatens to fine strikers and their union if they continue to defy the back-to-work order. A union spokeswoman comments on how long the strike could last. Other ferry service and local airlines are doing a booming business with extra sailings and flights.

News item. A return to work injunction is brought against the strikers by order of the Lieutenant-Govenor in council, and the decision of the Labour Relations Board, forcing the union to give notice that the strike is suspended. Union members went voted against the recommendations of the executive, so they still do not have a contract.

News item. Dan Gallagher wants the new contract to be finalized now, not some time in the future. Shots of ferry workers at their jobs on board a BC Ferry.