Terms of new contract that resolved British Columbia port dispute are released
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Aug, 2023 09:42 AM
The four-year agreement that brought an end to labour uncertainty on B.C.'s busy portlands includes pay raises, retirement bonuses and a maintenance work deal.
The terms of the new contract are being shared by the Canada Industrial Relations Board, highlighting how the two sides finally got to together following months-long dispute, which included a disruptive 13-day strike.
The workers and businesses that depend on our ports deserve long-term solutions. They deserve answers.
One of the sticking points that was finally resolved was a commitment by employers to train workers to perform maintenance on new equipment -- instead of contracting third parties.
Victoria Police have arrested a man they allege threatened to shoot another person. Police say officers responded to a report of a man threatening to shoot someone in the 11-hundred block on Pandora Avenue on June 9th.
Winds are expected to develop in the late afternoon and continue through the night before easing early tomorrow morning. The areas that could potentially be impacted by the high winds include Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, Burnaby and New Westminster.
Police in Surrey are looking for a suspected arsonist who set a fire at the front entrance of a building earlier this month. R-C-M-P say officers responded to a report of a fire in front of a building in the 139-hundred block of 100 Avenue on June 5th.
On Tuesday at approximately 3:08 a.m., Surrey RCMP received a report of shots heard in the 13000-block of Crescent Road. Crescent Road is closed in both directions between 130 Street and 132 Street while the scene is being processed.
It is alleged that during his tenure as a teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School, Vesco sexually assaulted a student while he was teaching at the school from 2017 to 2019.
A statement from Eby's office says Indigenous people comprise about five per cent of B.C.'s population, but account for about 30 per cent of people in provincial jails, and justice centres are a key part of addressing that "over-incarceration."
