Union workers on Hullo ferries are pondering a strike after talks for a collective bargaining agreement hit a roadblock.

Employees for the foot-passenger ferry joined the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union last September and in a recent memo to its collective, the union said the company has declared talks are "at an impasse."

The union said it had gauged its members, many who are "willing to take job action, up to and including a strike," with a vote among the next steps. However, the union also reminded workers that a vote favouring a strike doesn't necessarily mean workers are headed to the picket line. Rather, it will give the negotiation team "the mandate to push harder and, if necessary, take legal job action."

Eric McNeely, B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union president, told th

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