Federal board ordered to review, end B.C. port dispute
was tasked with reviewing and potentially ending the British Columbia port labour dispute as of Saturday after the second rejection of a tentative labour deal sparked mounting calls for back-to-work legislation.
O’Regan said the board is to “either impose a new collective agreement on the parties or impose final binding arbitration” if it determines a negotiated resolution is no longer possible. On July 19, the board ruled a brief return to picket lines by port workers the day before was illegal without sufficient notice, bringing an end to that work stoppage after previous strike action halted operations at B.C. ports from July 1 to 13.
In a statement, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith described the disruption as a “logistical nightmare” for Western Canada’s economy and called for all federal parties to “immediately return to Ottawa and pass back-to-work legislation.”
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