VANCOUVER — Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says there's a 'concerning lack of urgency' to resolve port disputes in British Columbia and Montreal and the parties need to reach agreements quickly.
VANCOUVER — Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says there's a"concerning lack of urgency" to resolve port disputes in British Columbia and Montreal and the parties need to reach agreements quickly.
Matt Poirier with the Retail Council of Canada says there"doesn't seem to be any urgency" in resolving the disputes in B.C. and Quebec and it may result in empty shelves as the holiday season approaches. In B.C., the lockout by the BC Maritime Employers Association at container port facilities across the province is being met with silence from employers and the union representing about 700 foremen.
"I think we're in a kind of dance out there," Thompson said."Somebody's waiting for the other side to say chicken, and it hasn't happened yet." It comes on the heels of a separate dispute last year between employers and cargo workers that resulted in a strike that froze B.C. ports for 13 days.
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