As we outlined on the blog last week, members of the International Longshore Workers Union held strike votes last week, with the union leadership seeking a mandate from its members to call a strike if required, should negotiations between the ILWU and the BCMEA which represents management on the docks in the province, continue on at a glacial pace.
Results of the two day voting process were release on May 10th.
The workers on the docks in the province have been without a contract since last year, when the current agreement expired in March of 2018.
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The strong endorsement of a strike mandate, does not mean that any labour action is imminent; to bring about any walkout, the union would be required to provide 72 hour notice of any plans to bring work to a halt.
With the vote, the union now has sixty days to act on the approval of the membership to stop work should they feel that negotiations are not progressing as fast as they would like.
Some notes on the shift in negotiations can be explored below:
May 11 -- ILWU vote clears way for BC port workers strike
May 9 -- British Columbia longshoremen to hold strike vote
May 8 -- BC longshoremen to take strike vote this week
More notes related to Labour issues on the North Coast can be explored here, while updates on Port related matters can be found from our archive pages here.
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