New deal to end B.C. port strike tweaks language around maintenance, has support of all locals, say sources via ipoliticsca
Sources confirmed that the language around maintenance jurisdiction was the major sticking point in talks, with some in the ILWU feeling it wasn’t strong enough to protect their jobs.A transport truck carries a cargo container at port in Vancouver, on Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A second deal reached between the longshore workers’ union and port employers association late Sunday tweaked language around the contentious issue of maintenance of cargo-handling equipment and has the support of all the union’s locals,Sources close to the talks said that the heads of all locals of ILWU Canada signed the agreement in a show of unanimous recommendation to the membership, which will now have to vote on whether to ratify it.
All of the union locals weren’t in favour of the first agreement, reached on July 13, and a minority report was given at a subsequent ILWU’s leadership caucus meeting expressing disapproval, according to a member of the union who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
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