The union representing about 7,400 workers in the ongoing British Columbia port labour dispute has issued a letter to employers, outlining what it is looking for in a new collective agreement while saying it is committed to negotiating a resolution.
The Sunday letter comes a day after federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan announced he is directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to determine if a negotiated deal is still possible in the month-long dispute and, if not, to impose an agreement or final binding arbitration on the two sides.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) members rejected a second tentative deal Friday evening, placing more than
