Employers, union agree to 90-day timeframe Port of Montreal employers and union dockworkers have mutually agreed to mediation in their contract negotiations. “Following the decision of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Nov. 14, the union of Longshoremen of the Port of Montreal (CUPE 375) and the Association of Maritime Employers (MEA) have agreed,…
Labor board order ended work stoppages Container operations have resumed following labor-related disruptions at Canada’s busiest ports, which continue to work through backlogs toward normal operations. The Canada Industrial Relations Board on Nov. 14 granted a request by Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon and ordered an end to lockouts of union workers at West Coast ports as well…
Operations have resumed at strike-hit ports across Canada, but the work stoppage has resulted in a huge backlog of containers and shippers likely to face a new wave of detention and demurrage (D&D) charges. Work resumed at Montreal on Saturday at 7am, ordered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), after the strike began at…
Labor board orders containers hubs to resume operations Canada’s busiest maritime gateways will be handling containers again after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered the Port of Montreal to resume operations as of Saturday morning. Longshore workers returned to the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia on Thursday, just days after Canada ordered…
Forwarders have lambasted the Canadian government for its “late intervention” in the stand-off between dockers and their employers across the country’s ports. Responding to labour minister Steve MacKinnon’s order to the Industrial Relations Board (IRB) this week to extend existing collective bargaining agreements and impose arbitration on all parties, one forwarder told The Loadstar: “The big question here…
Union officials have vowed to fight the Canadian government’s order to end the port disputes at its major facilities in Montreal, Vancouver and Prince Rupert. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514, which represents supervisory longshore workers in British Columbia, said it will file a legal challenge to the minister’s orders, which impose binding…
Canada’s Maritime Employers Association (MEA) has imposed a lockout of striking employees at the port of Montreal, after its “final” offer to the dockworkers was rejected. Longshoremen’s Union CUPE Local 375 yesterday rejected the deal, maintaining its strike at the Termont terminals, in search of higher pay, while some workers at other facilities are also…
US longshore union publicly backs work stoppage The head of the Port of Montreal on Thursday called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to intervene in a strike that has crippled container imports at Canada’s second-busiest import hub. “I believe that the best agreements are negotiated at the table. But let’s face it: There are no…
Union contract fight has halted container handling Container ships continue to line up outside Canada’s busiest import gateway as carriers wait for a lockout of union longshore employees to end. On Monday, 700 forepersons represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 514 were locked out by ocean carriers and terminal operators represented by…
Canadian freight forwarders are “extremely frustrated” by the strikes across the country’s major ports, having to re-route cargo via the US. Director of policy and regulatory affairs for the Canadian International Freight Forwarder’s Association (CIFFA), Julia Kuzeljevich, told The Loadstar: “Both ports on the west coast and 40% of capacity at the port of Montreal are closed.…
