Neither side confirmed they have received the terms.
VANCOUVER — A source close to negotiations over the British Columbia port strike said both sides on Wednesday received the terms of a settlement recommended by a federal mediator that could end the 12-day-old industrial action.
The groups, including the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, the B.C. Council of Forest Industries, the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and the Mining Association of B.C., said at an event in Vancouver on Wednesday that they are continuing to call for federal back-to-work legislation to end the strike involving about 7,400 dock workers at about 30 ports, including Canada’s busiest, the Port of Vancouver.
That number could balloon to 245,000 by the end of July if the strike isn’t resolved by then, she said. But Eby also said the union’s concerns about inflation and rising costs of living are real, and there was a need for striking port workers to “be treated fairly.” The company’s Crofton mill is the only one on the Island producing pulp, and inventories are building, resulting in storage costs, Kissack said.
On Tuesday, Nutrien Ltd. said it had curtailed production at its Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan due to the strike.
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