U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half a century, but clearing the cargo backlog will take time.
U.S. port strike ends leaving cargo backlog
Tentative deal includes 62 per cent wage hike over six years
Montreal port says strike by workers is over, clients can expect delays
A three-day strike by unionized Montreal port workers that shut down two container traffic terminals ended early on Thursday as scheduled.
Alberta urges Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do all he can to head off potentially devastating strikes by railway and port workers.
CN train stopped by demonstrators in Winnipeg, union says
A union representing striking workers in Halifax said it stopped a CN train in Winnipeg yesterday as part of escalations against that company.
B.C. longshore workers ratify new deal
Minister pledges review of 'how disruption on this scale unfolded'
Longshore workers at British Columbia’s seaports have voted to accept the terms of a new four-year labour deal, ending five weeks of labour outages at Canada’s West Coast. Negotiators with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and International Labour and Warehouse Union (ILWU Canada), working with the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), reached a new […] Read more
Strike’s impact on grain movement yet to come
Port workers union, employers reached a tentative agreement Monday morning but backlog likely to linger
MarketsFarm, Reuters – Despite grain movement at Canada’s West Coast ports not being really affected by the British Columbia port workers strike in July, there’s a good chance for issues to arise in the coming months, according to Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp. “The volume of grain that moved in the last three weeks […] Read more
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