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Truck Owner/Operators * Canada - Prepare for Negotiations with Vancouver Port Authority
Surrey,BC,CAN -CNW/News Wire -Oct. 27, 2008: -- Over 350 members of CAW Local 2006 VCTA/CAW met on October 26 in Surrey, B.C. to discuss a bargaining strategy to replace the collective agreement which expires on December 31, 2008... Paul Johal, president of CAW Local 2006 said that the group is having considerable problems getting workplace issues resolved, especially with manyemployers moving to utilize hourly drivers at the expense of owner/operators... "This, combined with the high fuel prices and a dispatch system that creates long delays, is adding many challenges which have to be resolved," he said... From the outset the union has raised the issue of too many trucks haulingout of the port - it makes it impossible for anyone to make a decent living -we need a limitation on hourly trucks replacing owner/operators. The VancouverPort Authority (VPA) needs to resolve this issue, which is a major problem for the union...
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