The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at all British Columbia ports began on Monday after no deal was reached between the two sides.
A statement from the B.C. Maritime Employer Association said “ILWU Local 514’s strike action has already begun to impact B.C.’s waterfront operations and strike activity can easily escalate, including a complete withdrawal of labour without notice.”
ILWU Local 514, which represents foremen at B.C.’s ports, issued a 72-hour strike notice on Friday to carry out what it called “limited job action,” including an overtime ban.
The B.C. Maritime Employer Association responded by issuing an industry-wide lockout.
Global’s Grace Ke explains what happens next in the dispute.
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Ban unions
Keep smiling while giving terrible news!?
Omg 700 foreman who make 200 thousand a year. Hmmm
this is y i dont belong to a union
Ya, there's more behind this 'strike' than just a union thing, you can count on that. BC=BRING CASH we'll launder it for you!
This is just going to hurt the econmy again. Do they have to do this every year?
These guys make WAY more than just about everyone working in BC.
Give them more money or no goods will come in, simple math = more money is happy.
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Union tried to go to work, keeping the industry moving. The BCMEA locked them out. You tell me who's making the most money here? Certainly not the non-canadian owned ports who are trying to take away the jobs of local tax paying Canadians. But let's encourage them to roll over and give up their jobs to non taxable robots instead, so they can go and line up at the food banks with their families.