Heavy traffic at the Ambassador Bridge on Aug. 30, 2023.
Starting Friday, roughly 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers will be in a legal strike position with the Treasury Board of Canada — which oversees the CBSA.Posted: Jun 05, 2024 3:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 43 minutes agoStarting Friday, roughly 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers will be in a legal strike position with the Treasury Board of Canada — which oversees the CBSA.However, because they're deemed an essential service they cannot strike.
"It has an immediate impact … especially trucks that bring stuff into Canada. And 90 per cent of all the goods that are in Canada come in on trucks, those big 18-wheeler trucks."Last month, members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada -affiliated Customs and Immigration Union voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action, according to the union.
The unions say key issues include pay parity with other law enforcement agencies, flexible telework and remote work options, automation, pension benefits and stronger workplace protections."This is just about getting us what almost all other law enforcement already has," Weber said. "This is about...
Onfreight Logistics, out of Tecumseh, makes shipments primarily in the automotive industry, along with other items such as alcohol."We're talking about schedule issues with operations and customers and trying to get drivers to their locations on time," he said.Pereira says costs could include paying drivers long during extended wait times, financial penalties with customers and having extra drivers on hand."Work-to-rule can slow things down, and then it just dominoes.
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