The Needles Ferry is not sailing Oct. 2 due to a job action.

The Columbia Ferry, (Upper Arrow Lake - between Galena Bay and Shelter Bay) is currently operating and will provide service until 12:30 a.m.

For Oct. 3, all sailings will be cancelled from 5 a.m. until 3 p.m. for the Upper Arrow Lake ferry between Galena Bay and Shelter Bay, however the Needles Ferry will be running. 

This cancellation comes after approximately 90 members of the BCGEU at WaterBridge Ferries began job action with an overtime ban beginning at noon on Saturday, Sept. 28.

The BCGEU says this latest action comes after the union and WaterBridge Ferries completed essential service negotiations on Friday morning.

Affected ferries include the Upper Arrow Lake Ferry between Shelter Bay and Galena Bay, the Needles Ferry between Fauquier and Needles, the Arrow Park Ferry at the junction of Upper and Lower Arrow Lake and the Adams Lake Ferry between Chase and Sorrento.

The union says essential service discussions are also ongoing with Western Pacific Marine where it represents 80 employees in various roles such as ferry operators, engineers, deckhands, terminal attendants and masters. 

Earlier this month the union announced its Western Pacific Marine members had voted 97 per cent in favour of a strike mandate.

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