The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) this morning ordered striking International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada members back to work immediately at the country’s West Coast ports. The action came a little over 12 hours after the union announced it had voted down the proposed new four-year contract and resumed the strike as of 16:30 on Tuesday.
A technicality in the labor law, a requirement that unions must give 72 hours' notice before striking, was used to create a little bit of breathing room while Canada’s federal government is considering its next steps. Previously, the federal government had said it preferred to settle the contract through collective bargaining, but last week it used its powers to impose final terms after Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan said the differences between the two sides were too small to warrant continuing the strike.
“We should not be here…. We have been patient. We have respected the collective bargaining process. But we need our ports operating,” O’Regan and Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said in a joint statement after learning yesterday that the ILWU rejected the terms of the agreement. The employers represented by the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) yesterday fully accepted the terms developed by the government mediators.
The CIRB was rushed into a teleconference yesterday hearing the arguments from both sides. The employers represented by BCMEA filed the grievance arguing it was an illegal...
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