VANCOUVER — More large-scale disputes like the industrial action at British Columbia's ports may be on the horizon, a labour movement researcher is warning, as longshore workers gathered to consider a possible agreement with employers.
Local chapters of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada met on Tuesday at several locations across the province to discuss the deal. The BC Maritime Employers Association says it's the same agreement union leaders previously rejected without a full membership vote.
Eidlin also said the full membership may not be receptive to the deal, given that issues such as automation and jurisdiction of maintenance work may be"existential" for the long-term viability of these workers' jobs. He said similar issues facing workers in other industries, along with the mounting challenges of cost of living and workplace flexibility, may be changing the labour movement's calculations on whether to use strike action as a negotiating tactic — something that has essentially flatlined since the 1990s.
At one chapter, members filed into meetings at Vancouver's Croatian Cultural Centre to hear from leaders of Local 500, representing longshore and other port workers in the city. A labour board then ruled the second strike action was illegal, prompting the union to issue 72-hour strike notice, which it then reversed hours later.
Those rulings are reflected in the government's handling of the port dispute up to this point, he said.
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