Day 6 of B.C. port strike: Management calls for binding arbitration

The group that represents employers at roughly 30 strikebound ports in British Columbia says binding arbitration may finish the six-day-old dispute.

More than 7,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union walked off the job on Canada Day after voting overwhelmingly to strike towards the BC Maritime Employers Association.

Talks stalled Monday and business teams are more and more demanding federal laws to finish the disruption, whereas CP Rail, now often known as CPCK Ltd., says it has issued short-term embargoes on rail site visitors to the Port of Vancouver.

The newest assertion from the employers affiliation says binding arbitration may deliver the dispute to a swift shut, one thing it first proposed in mid-June within the weeks earlier than employees went off the job.

Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan mentioned the strike together with his B.C. counterpart, Labour Minister Harry Bains, on Wednesday, however O’Regan has up to now resisted calls to legislate the strikers again to work.

A key sticking level for the union is the classification of upkeep work and the usage of exterior contractors, which longshore employees say encroaches on their jurisdiction.