Talks between the employers association and the union stalled on Monday. More than 7,000 workers at 30 ports across B.C. have been on strike since Saturday morning.
A major North American railway said it had placed “temporary embargoes” on export traffic to the Port of Vancouver in light of the strike. Waldon said in a statement that the railway, formed when CP acquired Kansas City Southern earlier this year, wanted a “swift resolution” to protect North American supply chains and Canada’s economy.
The employers association meanwhile said the union was trying to “aggressively expand” its control of maintenance duties far beyond an agreement that the association says has been “legally well established for decades.”Article content
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