Operations remain suspended until Unifor members vote for new contract DHL Express Canada and striking workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, according to the Unifor union, raising stakeholder hopes the national courier will soon be able to resume operations. Unifor, which represents more than 2,100 DHL Express truck and van drivers,…
By Curtis Williams HOUSTON, June 22 (Reuters) – The Shell-led SHEL.L LNG Canada project has produced the first liquefied natural gas for export from its facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, two people familiar with the startup of the plant told Reuters on Sunday. “At 4 a.m. local time LNG Canada started producing its first LNG,” one of the sources told Reuters. …
New law makes it illegal for company to use replacement workers DHL Express will stop accepting shipments headed to Canada and for export at 9 p.m. on Tuesday as its Canadian subsidiary prepares to suspend operations Friday amid an escalating labor dispute. DHL Express Canada brought in replacement workers after locking out 2,100 independent drivers, warehouse…
Intervention intended to bypass union chiefs as negotiations reach impasse Canada Post late Friday asked the federal government to conduct a vote of unionized mail carriers on its latest contract proposal after leadership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) publicly trashed management’s offer. The postal operator urged the minister of jobs and families to…
