Alberni Union Hall for sale

The former IWA / Steelworkers Hall on Montrose Street is listed for $799,000 as the once mighty forest industry is now a shadow of its former self, said Butler.

“It’s sad to see where it’s gone,” he said. “It’s not one group to blame for it,. You can always blame governments, whether it was the Liberal government before the NDP government, it just seems to be at a pace now, but it’s really, really concerning for the industry and workers.”

While the Alberni Valley was once home to thousands of sawmill workers and loggers, only 240 Steelworker members remain here, so Butler said the decision was made to sell the 60-year old building after local rep Glen Cheetham announced his retirement in January.

Local Steelworkers will now be served out of their Courtenay or Duncan offices.