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TRUCKERS' REQUEST * Canada - Union demands action from Vancouver Port Authority
Vancouver,BC,CAN -Truck News -2 Dec 2008: -- Frustrated owner/operators formed a noisy protest caravan Tuesday, as their union demanded action from the Vancouver Port Authority and the federal and provincial governments to enforce an existing agreement on trucking rates... Members drove their trucks from the grounds of the Pacific National Exhibition to the Vancouver Port Authority at Canada Place to draw attention to issues they say are hurting their ability to make a living, says VCTA-CAW Local 2006 president Paul Johal... The failure to pay agreed-upon rates and a moratorium on additional owner/operators at the port are squeezing independent truckers badly, just as union collective agreements are about to expire, said Johal, whose union represents more than 750 truckers hauling freight to and from the port...
Labels: truckers' demands
posted by Unknown @ 5:29 PM
1 Comments:
The ports should wake up and smell the coffee,They have dictated long enough!,Not only have they been in breach of fair business practice regarding independent peoples fair right to do business on a daily basis But they have also dictated when trucks can do business as well as what equipment can be used to do it,Who are they to dictate how these business men run there trucking businesses and what equipment they use to do so,Do you have to have a reservation to go to the corner store to get a jug of milk !,They make it impossible to get reservations for allot of companies and put allot of business in bad situations financially because it hinders there right to run there companies efficiently and productively !,Why does the federal government stand by and do nothing???,It is without a doubt a crime what they are doing and should be stopped immediately.It is no wonder our economy is falling on it's face...
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