Shipping containers are being loaded onto rail cars at the Global Container Terminals Vanterm container terminal on Vancouver Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) of Canada have voted to ratify the second tentative agreement with West Coast port ownership, bringing …
Shipping containers are loaded onto rail cars at the Global Container Terminals Vanterm container terminal on Vancouver Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uncertainty looms over overseas trade entering North America through key ports on Canada’s West Coast as dock workers have rejected a tentative labor deal, causing delays …
A strike has officially begun among port workers in Western Canada, a move that could have far-reaching effects beyond Canada. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada’s Longshore Division announced the labor strike in a Facebook post signed by union president Rob Ashton. Over 99% of union members voted in favor of the strike last …