Labour observers are urging caution ahead of a union vote that could end the long-running B.C. port dispute this week, saying there's a history of union members rejecting deals struck at the negotiating table.
Leaders of the International and Longshore Workers Union Canada are recommending that its 7,400 or so members approve the tentative new deal with employers, that both sides announced in a joint statement late Sunday.
Union-side labour lawyer Don Eady says the disputes in B.C. and in Ontario's Metro grocery stores both saw union members vote down deals reached at the negotiating table, showing that workers are exercising their legal rights to get what they believe is fair. The union and the BC Maritime Employers Association say they reached the new agreement with the help of the Canada Industrial Relations Board, after federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan directed the board to decide if a negotiated settlement was possible, or a deal should be imposed on both sides.
Rickey Baryer, vice-president of the port workers union's Local 500 chapter, posted on Facebook that he is "proud to recommend" the latest negotiated deal.
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