Union will challenge Ottawa’s intervention in B.C. port work stoppages

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The union representing locked-out port workers in British Columbia is planning a court challenge after the federal government moved to end the work stoppage

   by Rosa Saba – The Canadian Press

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon intervened Tuesday to end lockouts at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal, directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the resumption of all operations and move the talks to binding arbitration.

In B.C., the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Ship & Dock Foremen Local 514 called the government’s move an insult to the union and to workers’ bargaining rights.

 
 “Canadians have limited tolerance right now for economic self-harm”
 
 
 

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