B.C. port strike: What to know as disruption stretches into day 4
While both the BC Maritime Employers Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada remain at the table as workers attempt to negotiate better pay and job security against contracting out labour, the latest developments on Monday showThe BCMEA said it no longer believes it can find a deal at the bargaining table, accusing ILWU of having “entrenched their positions” and calling demands for compensation unreasonable.
“We hope the Association is not hiding behind the threat of back-to-work legislation and binding arbitration to avoid engaging in bargaining with the Union,” said ILWU president Rob Ashton in a statement late Monday.Will the government legislate longshoremen back to work? Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan Jr. and federal mediators are on the ground in Vancouver as negotiations continue. O’Regan said in a tweet over the weekend that “the best deals are reached” at the table and that the focus should be on bargaining.
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