Excerpted from Toronto.CityNews.ca, November 9, 2024
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Contract negotiations in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia’s ports since Monday have been called off.
In an update posted to their website on Saturday night, the BC Maritime Employers Association says they and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 met separately with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and “there was no progress made.”
As a result, no further contract talks are scheduled.
“The Parties met separately with the FMCS and, based on the discussions that transpired, there was no progress made. On that basis, the FMCS concluded the mediation, and no further meetings are scheduled,” the employers said in a release.
