Just over two weeks into formal negotiations, the longshore union manning the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert has asked the Canadian federal government for help in reaching a new contract with maritime employers, citing a lack of \u201cmeaningful progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada filed a \u201cnotice of dispute\u201d with the Minister of Labor in Ottawa, triggering a process during which a federal conciliation officer appointed within 15 days \u201cwill assist and support the parties to achieve a renewed collective agreement,\u201d the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the same process the parties have used in prior rounds of collective bargaining negotiations, BCMEA noted. ILWU Canada\u2019s existing contract expires at the end of March.<\/p>\n
Talks began March 6<\/p>\n
ILWU Canada and its 12 locals in Western Canada, and BCMEA, which represents container lines and terminal operators, began formal negotiations on March 6 for a new contract to replace the existing five-year agreement. The two sides have had five face-to-face bargaining sessions since then.<\/p>\n
\u201cILWU Canada is taking this action because there has been no meaningful progress with the BCMEA in discussions to renew the … collective agreement,\u201d the union said in a statement about its filing to the federal government.<\/p>\n
ILWU Canada is seeking significant wage increases, while automation of cargo-handling equipment, a source of tension in past contract negotiations, will likely once again be a prominent issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cBCMEA looks forward to meetings being scheduled in the near future with ILWU Canada and [the federal conciliation officer] in order to achieve a renewed agreement without further disruption to Canada\u2019s supply chain,\u201d the employers association said.<\/p>\n
The conciliation period will last 60 days unless mutually extended by both sides.<\/p>\n
Source:<\/p>\n
Mongelluzzo, B. (2023, March 22). ILWU Canada triggers federal intervention in contract talks with employers: Journal of Commerce<\/i>. ILWU Canada triggers federal intervention in contract talks with employers | Journal of Commerce. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https:\/\/www.joc.com\/article\/ilwu-canada-triggers-federal-intervention-contract-talks-employers_20230322.html<\/p>\n Just over two weeks into formal negotiations, the longshore union manning the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert has asked the Canadian federal government for help in reaching a new contract with maritime employers, citing a lack of \u201cmeaningful progress.\u201d The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada filed a \u201cnotice of dispute\u201d with the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[86,84],"class_list":["post-2617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canadian-ports","tag-maritime"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ems.cohesionfreight.com.hk:8080\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}