BC Port strike enters fourth day

The Port of Hamburg stands poised to weather the disruptions from the impending strike from the German Union of Locomotive Drivers (GDL).

Canada breathes a sign of relief as the ILWU Canada membership votes to ratify negotiated contract settlement, ending the threat of further disruption.

An appeal court has denied an attempt to overturn an earlier ruling allowing the ILA to sue USMX member carriers that use the new Leatherman terminal in Charleston, where crane drivers are non-ILA labour

After ILWU Canada membership rejected a tentative agreement negotiated at the bargaining table, a hastily agreed “negotiated collective agreement” will be put to a new membership vote.

Rail service has been suspended after a washout on the rail line that connects to the Port of Halifax.

As work resumed, the ILWU Canada issued a new strike notice, which was subsequently withdrawn.