Another rollercoaster week on Canada's west coast
Things are relatively quiet this morning, but it may simply be more of that breath-holding ...
Site of the Port of Vancouver's Roberts Bank Terminal 2.
New automated terminals create “an intensified competitive market” that forces existing local terminals to follow suit, a union has claimed.
The International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU), which has been locked in contract negotiations with representatives of the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, sees automation as a key issue.
The talks have already stalled, with the union asking for arbitration through the US Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which has appointed a mediator whose deliberations are due to start on 13 April.
The negotiations ...
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