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Canada container ports face backlogs, delays

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 as at the Port of Montreal. The order also called for binding arbitration in the ongoing contract disputes.

On the west coast, the British Columbia Maritime...

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Unions returning to work at Canada ports 

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 an end to a lockout of longshore unions by port employers.

The board acted on a request Tuesday by Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon to formally end the work stoppage and send the...

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Ottawa orders end to port work stoppages

The work stoppages that have shut down container imports at Canada’s busiest ports will likely be coming to an end.

Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order an end to lockouts of union employees and restart of port operations at the Port of Montreal and the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.

The order would also direct binding arbitration in the bicoastal longshore contract disputes, and extend the current collective...

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Containers halted as Montreal dockworkers locked out

No contract talks were slated between union longshore workers locked out by employers at the Port of Montreal Sunday in an escalation of the labor crisis at Canada’s second-busiest container gateway.

The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) on Thursday warned of the lockout if the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 375 rejected what MEA termed a “final, comprehensive” contract offer.

The proposal calls for a 20% pay raise spread over the six years of the contract. But the union...

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Lockout looms in Montreal port labor dispute

Employers at the Port of Montreal said they would lock out striking workers if their union rejected the latest contract offer.

The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) late Thursday submitted what it called a “final, comprehensive” offer to Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375, calling for an overall 20% pay raise over six years. Absent a new agreement, the MEA said it would lock out union workers as of 9 p.m. Sunday.

The union since Oct. 31 has halted container handling at two facilities...

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Montreal port calls on Trudeau to end strike

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 negotiations, and … the government must act by offering both sides a path to true industrial peace,” said Julie Gascon, president and chief executive of the Montreal Port Authority, in remarks at a business luncheon...

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Port of Montreal strike: Feds poised to intervene as work stoppage begins

A few of the Port of Montreal and the city skyline behind it.

As longshoremen began a general strike at the Port of Montreal on Monday, Canada’s federal government was moving quickly to intervene to force them back to work, citing the disruption to the supply chain.   

The 1,150 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local (CUPE) 375 began the unlimited strike at 7 a.m. at Canada’s second-busiest port. But it does not appear that it will last long.

Federal labor minister Filomena Tassi on Sunday said in a series of tweets that the government is...

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