Insights and Stories on Labour

West coast ports shutdown enters second day

Nov. 5, 2024 at 1:24 pm CST

The British Columbia ports labour dispute continued on Tuesday, impacting exports at Canada's biggest port in Vancouver with no sign of negotiating progress.

Vancouver port employer could shut out foremen, grain will not be hit

Nov. 1, 2024 at 2:04 pm CDT

By Ed White Reuters

Canada’s immigration cuts could hurt labor pool, industry groups say

Oct. 25, 2024 at 9:49 am CDT

By Anna Mehler Paperny Ed White Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Tugs are seen in the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo

Canada labour minister proposes new mediator for Montreal port workers strike

Oct. 16, 2024 at 9:44 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. port strike ends leaving cargo backlog

Oct. 4, 2024 at 8:24 am CDT

By David Shepardson Dovinsola Oladipo Reuters

Montreal port says strike by workers is over, clients can expect delays

Oct. 3, 2024 at 8:29 am CDT

A three-day strike by unionized Montreal port workers that shut down two container traffic terminals ended early on Thursday as scheduled.

By David Ljunggren Reuters

US port strike disrupts hamburger supplies, frozen seafood

Oct. 2, 2024 at 4:00 pm CDT

Dockworkers striking at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports are preventing imports of beef that restaurants and retailers increasingly rely on to make hamburgers due to limited domestic supplies, traders and industry members said.

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters Tom Polansek

White House sides with union as US dockworker strike enters second day

Oct. 2, 2024 at 9:45 am CDT

New York | Reuters — President Joe Biden’s administration heaped pressure on U.S. port employers to raise their offer to secure a labour deal with dockworkers on strike for a second day on Wednesday, choking half the country’s ocean shipping. The strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union has […]

By Doyinsola Oladipo Reuters

US East Coast dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

Oct. 1, 2024 at 9:23 am CDT

Dockworkers on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast began a strike early on Tuesday, their first large-scale stoppage in nearly 50 years, halting the flow of about half the nation's ocean shipping after negotiations for a new labour contract broke down over wages.

By David Shepardson Doyinsola Oladipo Reuters

Unifor initiates labor negotiations with Canadian National Railway

Sep. 24, 2024 at 11:10 am CDT

Unifor said on Monday it has initiated labor negotiations with Canadian National Railway, representing more than 3,600 workers. The union said its bargaining priorities include an improvement in wages, addressing concerns about the pension plan and job security for its members.