What to know on day 4 of the B.C. port strike

VANCOUVER –

The strike at British Columbia ports enters its fourth day after talks between the 2 sides stalled on Monday.

More than 7,000 staff who load and unload cargo at greater than 30 B.C. ports have been on strike since Saturday morning.

Representatives for the BC Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada negotiated over the lengthy weekend earlier than the affiliation issued a press release Monday saying it did not assume extra bargaining goes to provide a deal.

It mentioned the union’s calls for have been “outside any reasonable framework for settlement.”

The union, in the meantime, has accused the affiliation of adjusting its place on a key situation on the final minute to “muddy the waters.”

News of a strike on the ports, together with Canada’s largest, the Port of Vancouver, led many business teams to lift pink flags, suggesting it might have far-reaching implications for Canada’s financial system.