Talks between the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. and striking members of Unifor are set to resume Friday after both sides failed to reach a negotiated settlement prior to workers walking off the job Sunday. Approximately 360 lock workers are currently striking along the Welland Canal that bypasses Niagara Falls. More than 12 million tonnes […] Read more
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Nutrien cuts output as Canada port strike drags on
(Reuters) – The world’s biggest fertilizer producer Nutrien Ltd. cut production on Tuesday, citing the impact of an 11-day-old strike in Canada’s Pacific ports whose cost has now ballooned to an estimated $5.5 billion. Some 7,500 dock workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) walked off on July 1 after failing to […] Read more
Pork sector calls for essential service status amid port strike
Many Canadian pork processing plants set to close in the next few weeks could end up with a backlog of unsold meat products, which may lead to "millions of dollars in losses across agriculture very quickly," according to the release.
Port strike affects container shipments
Clause 87.7 of the Canada Labour Code states longshore workers must continue to provide the services they normally provide to "ensure the tie-up, let-go and loading of grain vessels at licensed terminal and transfer elevators, and the movement of the grain vessels in and out of a port." But the clause mentions nothing about container movement at container facilities.
Grain exports escape strike damage
About 12,000 federal employees represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada went on strike April 19, including port workers.
Remembering the last civil service strike
We had to use the dreaded “n/a” last week on our markets chart page because of the federal civil service strike. Elevator shipment data for Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba comes from the Canadian Grain Commission, whose employees belong to the Public Service Alliance of Canada and were part of the strike The data gap could […] Read more
Federal workers back at work; CRA staff still out
A tentative agreement was reached for the bargaining groups representing more than 120,000 workers on the weekend.
Bargaining continues with new offer from federal employer
The union issued a statement Friday, April 28, saying a new offer was on the table.
Agriculture concerned as strike continues
Picket lines went up at Viterra terminals in Vancouver and Montreal on April 24 to protest the fact that inspections are being done by grain companies or third parties they have hired.
Picket lines go up at port grain terminals
Picket lines are up at Viterra port facilities in Vancouver and Montreal as agricultural union employees protest the use of outside grain inspectors. Milton Dyck, president of the Agricultural Union within the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said about 80 people were on the line in Vancouver in support of striking Canadian Grain Commission employees. […] Read more
