Moe takes to Twitter after B.C. port workers hit the picket lines again | 24CA News
Premier Scott Moe took to Twitter Wednesday after the B.C. port staff returned to the picket strains, saying Saskatchewan jobs and industries are at stake.
The strike that started on July 1 lasted 13 days earlier than it resumed Thursday after the federal authorities reached a tentative take care of the B.C. Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada.
After work resumed, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters mentioned in a press release that the commerce sector isn’t “out of the woods yet,” because the harm to manufacturing provide chains is “significant.”
On Tuesday, the union representing the 7,400 staff ordered them again to the picket strains.
“The work stoppage at the Port of Vancouver has already had a devastating impact on Saskatchewan’s economy,” Moe tweeted Wednesday. “We simply cannot afford for this disruption to continue any longer. Saskatchewan jobs and export-based industries are at stake. While I was encouraged that the federal government had worked with the parties to end the previous work stoppage, it is now time to provide certainty and stop this new disruption immediately.”
A CME survey of its members between July 11 and 13 discovered that almost two-thirds of Canadian producers have already been severely impacted, and the strike has value companies a median of $207,000 per day.
The Vancouver commerce board mentioned on Thursday that 63,000 delivery containers are ready on the water to be unloaded.
A tweet from Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan acknowledged the resumption of the strike is illegitimate.
“The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) — an independent body created to keep industrial peace — this morning ruled that the ILWU Canada cease and desist from participating in any strike action because the union did not provide 72 hours notice. This strike is illegal,” learn the tweet.
Moe agreed.
“It’s effectively an illegal blockade that’s preventing Canadian goods from getting to market, damaging our economy and killing jobs,” learn Moe’s response to O’Regan’s tweet. “The federal government must act immediately to end this illegal blockade.”
On Thursday, Saskatchewan business members instructed Global News a continuation of the work stoppage would severely have an effect on manufacturing within the province.
Nutrien Ltd. curtailed manufacturing at its Cory potash mine final week after it misplaced export capability.
Brad Sigurdson, vice-president of Saskatchewan’s Mining Association, instructed Global News they’re already backed up and received’t see issues return to regular till October.
“We are trying to get our fertilizer that the world needs to help feed the planet out to our markets internationally and we need to do that in order to meet their growing season,” Sigurdson mentioned. “If we don’t, what that will result in is countries that may not see the yields that they need to see.”
About 95 per cent of the Saskatchewan Mining Association’s merchandise journey via ports in B.C.
— with recordsdata from Global News’ Saba Aziz
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