The last agreement between the two sides expired in March 2023, and the union said in September that members had voted 96 per cent in favour of authorizing strike action if necessary
A gantry crane operator removes a container from a cargo ship while docked at port, in Vancouver, B.C., on July 16.Employers and the union representing foremen at British Columbia ’s ports will return to the negotiating table next week with a mediator in the latest push for a resolution in the labour dispute.
The union claimed one employer, DP World, refused to engage on the issue of manpower requirements linked to port automation, but the board says in its decision that workers’ demands “were not presented in the context of collective bargaining or as a bargaining proposal.” The board’s ruling also granted the employers’ complaint against the union of bad faith bargaining “in part,” specifically involving a manpower and pay proposal that was presented in April.Word of more negotiations comes with the backdrop of several recent disruptions at Vancouver’s port.
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