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Jan 19, 2015

TRUCKERS COMPLAINT * Canada

* British Columbia - Vancouver port truckers hold off on strike threat for now
Vancouver,BC,USA -Business Vancouver -Jan. 16, 2015: -- Container truckers last went on strike for one month in March 2014. Despite an initial agreement, they say many problems remain unresolved today Port Vancouver-area container truckers will hold off on any labour action for two weeks following a January 15 meeting between the truckers and B.C. government, said the head of one union that represents some of the truckers. The United Truckers Association, Teamsters and Unifor were all present at the meeting, which lasted two hours, said Jerry Dias, president of Unifor. Trucking companies can now choose whether to pay their workers by the hour or by the trip. It all works out to potentially less money for truckers, Gavin McGarrigle, B.C. director for Unifor, told... “So if you’re a trucking company owner and you have a company driver that moves four containers a day for eight hours, are you going to pay them $210 or are you going to pay them $160? So that’s $50 a day they could be losing.” Dias said truckers are also angry about a new requirement from Port Metro Vancouver that trucks be no more than 10 years old. The port authority has said this requirement will improve environmental performance.

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