Some 7,400 B.C. port workers are back on the picket lines after their union rejected a federal mediator’s proposed agreement that had originally ended the 13-day strike on July 13.
Rob Ashton, president of the International Longshore Workers Union, said in a July 18 statement that its internal caucus rejected the tentative four-year agreement and chose not to put it to a membership vote. Workers were scheduled to be back on strike the same day by 4:30 p.m. local time.
“The ILWU Canada Longshore Caucus does not believe the recommendations had the ability to protect our jobs now or into the future,” said the union. “Our position since day one has been to protect our jurisdiction and this position has not changed.”…