The Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada, facilitating trade between Canada and more than 170 world economies.
Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it served a strike notice.The Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada, facilitating trade between with more than 170 world economies.
Employers said the union issued a 72-hour strike notice that job action would begin at 8 a.m. PT Monday, after three days of mediated talks this week yielded no agreement in the dispute that has been ongoing since the last contract expired in March 2023.
The union is also accusing the employers of not showing up for negotiations on Thursday, the last scheduled day of mediated talks this week, while also failing to notify others that they would not be participating. "We did not arrive to this decision lightly," the BCMEA said in its statement announcing the lockout. "This regretful action follows thorough consideration of ILWU Local 514's continued intransigence and their provocative decision to proceed with another strike notice."There have been a number of recent disruptions at the Port of Vancouver, Canada's largest, due to labour unrest.
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