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A rebel group of angry construction workers say they’re mad as hell at their own union for endorsing Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal Party in the approaching B.C. election.

Now they’re demanding the 1,800 B.C. members of the Ironworkers Union be allowed to vote on the endorsement before the campaign kicks off for the May 9 election.

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“I couldn’t believe it when I heard about it,” said retired Chilliwack ironworker Ivan Westcott, who’s leading the charge to force a vote on the union’s endorsement.

“This is a Liberal government that ripped up union contracts,” Westcott, an honorary member of the union since his retirement, said Wednesday.

“There was no advance warning about this to the membership. We should get to vote on something this important.”

The union executive threw the Ironworkers’ support behind Clark’s Liberals on March 1, saying the governing party provided the best chance for union members to get jobs.