News / Union rejects mediator's plan to end Canadian west coast port strike

© Oleg Kachura

Fresh shockwaves lashed Canada’s west coast ports last night when the dockworkers’ union voted down the federal mediator’s ’recommended terms of settlement’ for the disputed collective bargaining agreement.

Announced last week, the compromise proposed by the mediator was aimed at ending the strikes at the gateways, but ILWU Canada president Rob Ashton rejected the proposal.

“The ILWU Canada Longshore Caucus does not believe the recommendations had the ability to protect our jobs now or into the future,” said Mr Ashton.

“With the record ...