In a human rights complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, a Chinese miner - named Huizhi Li - has said that the protests which the United Steelworkers Union has launched over the foreign employees' issue have led to a situation where Chinese workers will be seen with contempt.

Li, who is working on a temporary work permit, is one of the 16 Chinese miners employed at HD Mining's controversial Murray River cola-mining project in northern B. C.

In his letter to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Li has mentioned that the leaflets and the content posted on the website of United Steelworkers Union are likely to generate contempt for Chinese people.

According to Li's allegations against United Steelworkers Union, the objectionable content which has been posted on the union's website includes the allegation that the Chinese workers' willingness to work for less wages and in shoddy working conditions is adversely affecting the Canadian workers' chances of being employed for those jobs.

The union-website content to which Li has specifically raised objection reads thus: "Temporary Foreign Workers are exploited through low wages, no benefits and little workplace protection. The wealth generated through those wages and resource extraction leave our province."

In addition to complaints about the content on the union's website, Li's letter also drew attention to the fact that the union has requested the public to correspond with B. C. Premier Christy Clark and Jobs Minister Pat Bell with the message to "say NO to Chinese coal miners in B. C."