Insights and Stories on Labour

Oct. 16, 2024 at 9:44 am CDT

Federal Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon on Tuesday proposed the appointment of a special mediator for a 90-day period in a bid to solve the ongoing labour dispute at the Port of Montreal.

By Reuters

Oct. 4, 2024 at 8:24 am CDT

U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half a century, but clearing the cargo backlog will take time.

By David Shepardson, Dovinsola Oladipo, Reuters

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

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

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