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BC port strike vote

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Jun, 2023 12:15 PM

A strike vote is underway among more than seven-thousand workers who load and unload cargo at ports along the B-C coast.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union are voting today and tomorrow, after working without a contract since the end of March.

Both the union and the Maritime Employers Association -- which represents 49 private-sector employers at more than 30 B-C ports -- have agreed that June 24th is the earliest any job action could occur.

The Surrey Board of Trade says businesses worry any strike or lockout would further disrupt the supply chain and the economy, and it urges the federal government to work with both sides to find a resolution to the dispute.

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