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The 2023 British Columbia port strike was a 13-day strike from 1 July to 13 July, with over 7,400 striking workers freezing up to $10 billion of trade in Vancouver, British Columbia–Canada's busiest port. [1]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada said late Wednesday in a brief note to its locals in British Columbia that the strike notice set for July 22 at 9 a.m. “has now been ...
The union representing port workers in the province of British Columbia has rejected a mediator’s tentative agreement meant to end a labor dispute that stopped goods moving in and out of harbors ...
The union was established in 1937 after the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, a three-month-long strike that culminated in a four-day general strike in San Francisco, California, and the Bay Area. It disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO on August 30, 2013.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
He should not invoke Taft-Hartley to end the port strike. Dock workers are striking against excessive corporate greed. The shipping industry has made $400 billion in profits since 2020.
The strike negatively impacted Black Friday sales, with many small businesses unable to ship orders during their peak season. [26] The Canadian Federation of Independent Business reported the strike had cost small and medium-sized businesses $1.6 billion by December 13, and that 73% of small businesses intended to reduce usage of Canada Post. [27]
The strike currently stretches from Maine to Texas and includes the Port of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s third-largest port by cargo volume, where General Motors, logistics giant Glovis ...