![]() ![]() The vote, scheduled for June 9 and 10, follows the expiration of a Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) conciliation process that the union had kick-started when it filed a notice of dispute with the federal government following only a handful of preliminary contract discussions with the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA). On Monday (June 5), the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) authorized a strike vote for the 7,400 unionized dockworkers and foremen employed at Canada’s West Coast ports. is intensifying bargaining pressure in its current negotiations for a new contract with the province’s maritime employers. ![]() The union representing port workers in B.C. ![]()
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