Union members walked off the job Tuesday morning, disrupting exports during busy harvest season
About 650 members of the Grain Workers Union Local 333 walked off the job on Tuesday morning, disrupting exports of everything from canola and wheat to barley and oats.
The Grain Growers of Canada estimates that the work stoppage will disrupt $35-million a day of bulk grain exports. The Grain Growers and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan have urged federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon to intervene in the dispute. “This is another gut punch for farmers,” Saskatchewan association president Ian Boxall said in a statement on Monday, before the strike began.“After a bumper crop summer, Canadian farmers and businesses need to get their harvest to market. Parties need to work hard to get a deal,” he said in a statement.
Alliance is co-owned by Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd., Paterson GlobalFoods Inc. and North West Terminal Ltd.; Pacific Elevators is owned by Viterra Ltd.; and Cascadia is co-owned by Viterra and Richardson International.Employers said progress has been made on wages but the two sides remain far apart on benefits.
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