VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The government agency charged with settling British Columbia’s port labor dispute has warned the union representing dock workers that failing to ratify a new tentative agreement would be an “unfair labor practice.”
The Canadian Press reports the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and BC Maritime Employees Association reached a new deal late Sunday with the assistance of the Canada Industrial Relations Board. The board subsequently issued its warning about the union changing its mind on the new agreement; ordered the ILWU to hold a ratification vote by Friday; and restricted either side from commenting beyond their joint statement announcing a new tentative deal.
The ILWU twice rejected a previous tentative deal that ended a 13-day strike by the dock workers. After that agreement was considered and voted down for a second time on July 28, Canadian Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan said he had directed the industrial relations board to impose a settlement or binding arbitration if it determined “there can no longer be a negotiated settlement” [see “Canadian government set to intervene …,” Trains News Wire, July 29, 2023].
The dispute covers 30 ports in British Columbia, including Vancouver and Prince Rupert, the first and third busiest in Canada. Railroads took a major traffic hit from the earlier strike.
A warning against voting “no”….
LMFAO
One should look at one’s own countries problems before calling out another countries leaders and policies.
p.s. I am not a Trudeau fan,
Interesting. I thought Trudeau’s socialist/communist government was for the Proletariat. Guess that only goes so far.
If you think Canada is communist, then you obviously don’t know what communism is.
And given their very generous wages, longshoremen hardly compare to Proletariat.
It is not Trudeau it is the BC government. What is BC going to do if strike continues? Arrest and force them to work? we will get a work to rule.
Alan Jones…It is NOT the BC government, it is the Canada Industrial Relations Board, that is the Canadian government. This sounds to me like a, you better take this deal or you will definitely not like the one that we impose on you, statement from Canada Industrial Relations Board after being directed by Canadian Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan to negotiate a settlement if they Board determines “there can no longer be a negotiated settlement”, they would impose a settlement or send them to binding arbitration.
J.F. Canada is socialistic. Canada teeters on communistic from time to time.
In a communist state, the central government owns all resources and dictates means of production and transport. Do you recall the Canadian truckers strike a while back? To end the strike, Trudeau confiscated trucks and bank accounts of truckers continuing to strike. Those that went back to work labored under the rules and wages set by the Trudeau government. That verges on communism.
Canada is on the way to a communist state. Civil liberties, the right to protest, don’t exist by natural right, only if allowed by the Castreau government.