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STRIKE ?? * Canada - Port workers in strike position; no action from truckers yet
The Port of Vancouver could be on the verge of boiling over -- again
Vancouver,BC,CAN -Today's Trucking -5 Jan 2009: -- Nearly 500 ship and dock foremen at B.C. port terminals are poised for a strike, and thousands of additional workers could follow suit, according to a report in the Surrey Leader... Weekend negotiations broke off without a new deal between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWA) representing the foreman and the B.C. Maritime Employers' Association... Meanwhile, a group of independent container haulers who threatened to strike as early as New Year's Day seem to still be on the job -- for now... The truckers -- members of the Vancouver Container Truckers' Association (VCTA) and CAW coalition -- unanimously voted at a union meeting in late December to strike at some point early this month... The group is demanding, among other things, that the Vancouver Port Authority and governments do a better job of enforcing previously mandated trucking rates paid by drayage carriers. The standard rate provision was put in place via a mandatory licensing system established in 2005 in order to end a previous six-week strike by the drivers... (Photo: No disruptions yet, but a strike or two at the Port of Vancouver could trigger a chain reaction)Labels: strikes
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