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Container truck drivers servicing Port Metro Vancouver are expected to return to work on Thursday morning after reaching a deal to end a prolonged strike. The B.C. and federal governments and Port Metro Vancouver have agreed to a plan they hope will resolve the ongoing container truckers' strike, but it isn't yet clear if the drivers will return to work. Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announced she was supporting the 14-point. Vancouver port truckers reach deal to end strike. Truckers rally in Vancouver. Striking container-truck driver Baljit Korotana sits at a picket line as a truck enters Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday March 13, 2014. More than 1,000 container-truck drivers have been on strike since February. VICTORIA — Striking truckers at Port Metro Vancouver will be back on the job Thursday morning, under a tentative deal brokered at the B.C. legislature.. The Government of Canada also agreed to regulate a benchmark minimum rate for hourly drivers — anticipated to be $25.13 for new hires and $26.28. They should also reevaluate the port of discharge they are using if they are shipping time sensitive intermodal cargo through Vancouver. More information available at: JOC and CBC. *** UPDATE on 3/17 ***. Vancouver BC container truck drivers continue to strike Monday after unsuccessful meetings between union leaders. Vancouver—A mass meeting of truck drivers servicing Port Metro Vancouver unanimously resolved to begin protests if negotiations about the BC government's proposed wage cuts don't. VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Port Authority plans to replace a year-old interim agreement that includes hourly wages for truckers with a permanent agreement which does. The waits before that strike were so bad that drivers would have to get up as early as 4 a.m. in order to get a good spot in the hauling order. Hundreds of businesses across Canada have had shipments stranded at Port Metro Vancouver since a truckers' strike began on Feb. 26, racking up. On Wednesday, Odd Society Spirits found a $1,000-solution: “We had a ninja truck driver bring us our container," she said in an interview Thursday. A majority of the 1,800 truckers accredited to service Port Metro Vancouver have picketed the federal facility, demanding pay raises and more oversight of the industry. The B.C. government plans to table back-to-work legislation on Monday, forcing hundreds of unionized drivers back to their rigs. Federal. Union and non-union drayage drivers serving Port Metro Vancouver will likely strike at Canada's largest container port as soon as Feb.. the Canadian labor union, and United Truckers Association, which represents non-union drivers, met with British Columbia Minister of Transportation Todd Stone and. 30 sec - Uploaded by CityThere's unrest brewing in Vancouver at Canada's largest port. The union representing 400. Striking container truck drivers at the port in Canada's Pacific coast city of Vancouver are vowing not to return to work, even though the port and the British Columbia provincial government issued new ultimatums on Wednesday (March 19) in an attempt to end an ongoing labour-management dispute. Government takes on union-busting moves to end port strike at Port Metro Vancouver. The BC government has announced back to work legislation for the 400 Unifor truck driving members on strike at the Port of Vancouver since March 10. The Port is simultaneously embarked on a union-busting solution to the strike of. Union and non-union drayage drivers serving Port Metro Vancouver will likely strike at Canada's largest container port as soon as Feb.. the Canadian labor union, and United Truckers Association, which represents non-union drivers, met with B.C. Minister of Transportation and the Federal Transport Minister on Thursday. Striking container-truck driver Gajjan Bal holds a sign that reads "Traitors Be Ashamed of Yourself" while standing at a picket line as a truck enters Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday March 13, 2014. More than 1,000 container-truck drivers have been on strike since February 26, refusing. Unionized truck drivers are expected to walk the picket line at Port Metro Vancouver Monday after Unifor members voted overwhelmingly to reject a deal. that hasn't stopped companies who are members of the B.C. trucking industry from undercutting and taking kickbacks to get preference at the port. Striking container-truck drivers sit at a picket line as a truck leaves Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday March 10, 2014. A labour leader in the centre of the Metro Vancouver truckers' dispute worries the job action will give Canada's largest port a "black eye." The union, Unifor, had reached. Drivers from Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association set up pickets at 9 locations around Metro Vancouver, including the main Port of Vancouver. Major strike by truckers shut down the Vancouver ports in 1999 and 2005, the latter lasted 47 days and forced the B.C. government to re-regulate the. The lengthy strike by truck drivers at the Port of Vancouver BC who move half of the port's shipping containers has been settled. An agreement was reached on March 26 that will see an increase of 12 per cent to the rate paid to truckers to move each container. The contentious issue of waiting times to pick. The British Columbia government is preparing legislation to force striking container truck drivers to return to work at Port Metro Vancouver, in an effort to end a three-week strike that has crippled operations at Canada's largest port. The province said on Wednesday that it intends to introduce the legislation,. The 14-point proposal to end the Port Metro Vancouver truck drivers strike calls for an immediate increase.. that container ships would start diverting to Seattle within 24 hours, Stone said, which would “strike a very significant blow to not just British Columbia's economy but the Canadian economy.". For the last month, the main roads of Vancouver have been usually quiet as around 1,500 truck drivers who service the port of Vancouver have been on. The process of finding an agreement was complicated as it involved the Federal government that owns the port, the BC provincial government, the Port. Striking container-truck drivers sit at a picket line as a truck leaves Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, March 10, 2014. Key issues are the undercutting of per-delivery rates and long waiting times to pick up or drop off containers at the terminal. DARRYL DYCK, THE CANADIAN PRESS. “It is getting to the boiling point once again with the drivers and if something serious isn't done soon, we could see another dispute erupt almost overnight," Gavin McGarrigle, B.C. director for Unifor, the union representing roughly a quarter of truckers delivering to the port, said Friday. He said the other. Port truck drivers that serve Canada's largest port are again threatening to stop working, while port officials are threatening to remove access for trucking companies that don't treat drivers fairly. Operations at the Port of Vancouver, B.C. were hampered in March when the truck drivers walked off the job for 28. Striking container-truck drivers sit at a picket line as a truck leaves Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, B.C., on March 10. (THE CANADIAN PRESS). VICTORIA — B.C.'s Liberal government has followed through with its promise to table back-to-work legislation for unionized truckers on strike at Port Metro. LANGLEY, BC — A strike and protest by truckers at the Port Metro Vancouver turned from peaceful to aggressive, according to the Western Canadian Shippers' Coalition (WCSC) and the BC Trucking Association (BCTA). “The drivers of a number of trucks dispatched yesterday on the first day of a peaceful. By Roger Annis, March 20, 2014. The BC government has announced back to work legislation for the 400 Unifor truck driving members on strike at the Port of Vancouver since March 10. Vancouver harbour, showing container cranes and grain export terminal. The Port is simultaneously embarked on a. Those are the latest twists in a fight that may seem specific to BC, involving local port drivers, local trucking companies and with most of the container. Vancouver Port Authority brought in a truck reservation system after the last truck strike in 1999, to ease concerns over long waiting lines at terminals. VANCOUVER—The strike by unionized and non-unionized container-truck drivers in Port Metro Vancouver is already hurting the province's economy and will only give Canada's largest port a “black eye", say local labour leaders. Hundreds of members of Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association. March 14th, 2014 To: Valued Customers and Agents Re : News Letter – Vancouver Truck Drivers' Strike Update The B.C. and federal governments and Port Metro Vancouver have agreed to a plan they hope... Read More · Vancouver Truck Drivers' Strike Updated. March 10th, 2014 To: Valued Customers and Agents Re. Over 400 truck drivers organized with Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association (Unifor-VCTA) have set up pickets at the Port of Metro Vancouver. hourly wage has not increased over the last eight years, and is now more than 30% less than the average wage that truckers elsewhere in BC make. Beer supply shortage due to truck strike at Port Metro Vancouver · Port Metro Vancouver and B.C. government issue ultimatum to striking truckers. government's proposal to table back-to-work legislation and another threat by Port Metro Vancouver to not renew the licenses of striking truck drivers. The truck. Jan. 22, 2015, Vancouver—After meeting with Unifor and other truck driver representatives, BC Transportation Minister Todd Stone has committed to taki... Trucking companies involved in a dispute with truck drivers at the Port of Vancouver, B.C., unanimously rejected a mediator's proposal Sunday that would have ended a strike that has kept the port closed since June 27, the Canadian Press reported. Members of the Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association (VCTA) voted March 8 to reject a tentative agreement with Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) that had been reached March 6 with the involvement of labour mediator Vince Ready.. With both the UTA and Unifor-VCTA on strike, only 600 truck drivers will remain. The CBC reported that more than 80 small trucking companies say they're on the verge of being put out of business by new reforms to the licensing fees at Port Metro Vancouver. The new fees stem from a truck driver strike last spring that crippled Port Metro Vancouver in the Spring of 2014. A January 26 article in the. VANCOUVER, B.C. — An innocent truck driver delivering his goods on Annacis Island had his truck shot up earlier this week in what could be fallout from the trucker strike in B.C. B.C. Transport Minister, Kevin Falcon, said “I have had a number of conversations with individuals that are telling me. —http://globalnews.ca/news/1191334/truck-drivers-at-port-metro-vancouver-could-be-going-on-strike-at-noon/. operations at the port, Port Metro Vancouver has agreed “in principle" to an eight-point plan to resolve work stoppage that was created by the BC Trucking Association and the shipping industry. Complaints of undercutting by truckers and trucking companies are common in the industry because it is highly fragmented and many drivers lack power to demand increases in wages, or increases in rates. The provincial government funds an audit program run pursuant to Port Metro Vancouver's Truck. Vancouver port truckers reach deal to end strike. March 27, 2014. Container truck drivers servicing Port Metro Vancouver are expected to return to work on Thursday morning after reaching a deal to end a prolonged strike. Late Wednesday afternoon, B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced an agreement was reached. On March 26, 2014, representatives of the provincial and federal governments, the United Truckers Association and Unifor reached an agreement in Victoria based on the joint Transport Canada, BC Ministry of Transportation and Port Metro Vancouver's 14-point plan to end the owner-operator withdrawal. Accoring to the Reuters, Port Metro Vancouver says the disruption to its operations from a strike this Monday by up to 400 container truck drivers and the.. moving containers to or from Port Metro Vancouver is $15.59 an hour, whereas the average rate of pay in the B.C. trucking industry is $23 an hour. This Notice is to inform the Seattle trade community oftite procedures for requesting cargo diversions for the Area Port of Seattle (to include the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett) for the duration of the. Vancouver, BC container truck driver strike. Please also reference the attached Customs and Border. Protection (C BP). Vancouver | Reuters -- A two-and-a-half week container truck driver strike at Port Metro Vancouver was set to continue Monday after a government and port. revealed late Thursday by the federal and B.C. governments and the port authority, set out to address the concerns of the striking drivers on fair pay,. A two-and-a-half-week truckers' strike at the Port of Vancouver, B.C., seemed unlikely to end Monday despite requests by port and terminal officials to return to. said, "After meeting with representatives of the port and the provincial and federal governments, container truck drivers say that basic concerns about minimum. The B.C. government has introduced back-to-work legislation in an effort to end the ongoing strike by container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver. The governments of Canada and B.C., along with Port Metro Vancouver, are committed to implementing the 14-point Action Plan with the help of Vince Ready, once work resumes. The plan ensures truck drivers are paid fair compensation and a quick implementation of pilot measures to help reduce wait times at container. On March 26, 2014, representatives of the provincial and federal governments, the United Truckers Association, and Unifor reached an agreement based on the joint Transport Canada, BC Ministry of Transportation and Port Metro Vancouver's 14-point plan to end the owner-operator withdrawal of service. More than 1,000 non-unionized truckers went on strike in February and 250 of their union counterparts joined them in March, crippling operations at Vancouver-area ports for weeks. But a deal was reached at the end of March, and drivers went back to work. The dispute focused on pay, unpaid time spent at. An important battle has been going on for several weeks in British Columbia, specifically in the city of Vancouver, the largest port in Canada and third. the Port is a federal responsibility, the provincial Liberal government is introducing back-to-work legislation to force unionized drivers to end their strike. Minister Raitt, British Columbia Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone, and Robin Silvester, CEO of Port Metro Vancouver, developed a 14-point action plan to return the port to normal operations, includes provisions to ensure truck drivers are paid fair compensation. The Port Metro. The Provincial Government of British Columbia is preparing back to work legislation to force unionised truck drivers serving Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) to return to work. The legislation could be passed under urgency and enacted in one to three days. Over the weekend leaders from the Unifor Vancouver. It was clearly a moment of triumph for Premier Christy Clark and her government. The six-week strike at Port Metro Vancouver that only showed signs of getting worse instead came to a peaceful end . . . Unionized Port Truckers Join Vancouver Strike. Posted: Mar 3, 2014 10:03 AM : Source Link. LANGLEY, BC — Unionized container truck drivers at Port Metro voted on Saturday to join a strike by their non-unionized colleagues, who walked off the job earlier last week. Canada's busiest port has been. Unionized container truckers could join this week's work stoppage by non-union drivers. Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association, B.C.'s largest union representing container truckers, . . . The governments of Canada and British Columbia unveil a plan to try to end the strike by container-truck drivers that's costing C$885M/week, but the union representing the striking workers has yet to sign off on the plan (earlier). Port Metro Vancouver and the two governments say that, as part of the new. Unionized container truck drivers say they will begin a strike at Port Metro Vancouver terminals at noon Thursday unless their outstanding concerns are. The B.C. Trucking Association, which represents trucking companies, said brake lines were cut on two trucks that tried to load at terminals last week. Port strike a boon to U.S. cities. Seattle and Tacoma terminals will be allowed to accept containers originally destined for B.C.. Fiona Anderson Vancouver Sun Saturday, July 16, 2005. The dispute between truck drivers and transport companies that has backlogged container traffic at Lower Mainland ports. Record Breaking Cargo Exports Demand End to Greater Vancouver Port Strike - is the End Near?. As reported in the Maritime Executive today, it looks like the BC Government is about enforce legislation that demands unionized container truck drivers at the port to return to duty while canceling the.
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