bcmea – Pacific Maritime Magazine

08 Aug

B.C. Longshore Workers Approve New Contract

Mark Edward NeroNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsbcmea, canada, ilwu

After a second vote, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada members have agreed to accept a labor contract negotiated between union leadership and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, the ILWU revealed Aug. 4. The BCMEA and ILWU Canada had originally agreed to a deal on July 13, but rank and file members voted the proposal down on July 28, thereby putting the agreement in jeopardy. But on Aug. 2, leaders of ILWU Canada recommended that its 7,400 members approve the tentative new deal and during the Aug. 3-4 tally, about 75% of members voted to ratify the contract, according…

18 Jul

B.C. Longshore Workers Return to Work Following Tentative Four-Year Deal

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsbcmea, canada, ilw, strike

After a 13-day labor strike that suspended cargo movement in British Columbia, longshore workers returned to the waterfront following a tentative four-year agreement reached between the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada on July 13. Details of the tentative contract, which still needs to be ratified by both sides, were not made public. The employers association credited the work of federal mediator Peter Simpson and his team, who were instrumental in getting the tentative deal done with help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service officers and Canada’s Minister of Labor, Seamus O’Regan…