Moe takes to Twitter after B.C. port workers hit the picket lines again
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The strike that began on July 1 lasted 13 days before it resumed Thursday after the federal government reached a tentative deal with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association.
Premier Scott Moe took to Twitter Wednesday after the B.C. port workers returned to the picket lines, saying Saskatchewan jobs and industries are at stake.
The strike that began on July 1 lasted 13 days before it resumed Thursday after the federal government reached a tentative deal with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada.
After work resumed, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters said in a statement that the trade sector is not “out of the woods yet,” as the damage to manufacturing supply chains is “significant.”
On Tuesday, the union representing the 7,400 workers ordered them back to the picket lines.
“The work stoppage at the Port of Vancouver has already had a devastating impact on Saskatchewan’s economy,” Moe tweeted Wednesday. “We simply cannot afford for this disruption to continue any longer. Saskatchewan jobs and export-based industries are at stake. While I was encouraged that the federal government had worked with the parties to end the previous work stoppage, it is now time to provide certainty and stop this new disruption immediately.”
A CME survey of its members between July 11 and 13 found that nearly two-thirds of Canadian manufacturers have already been severely impacted, and the strike has cost businesses an average of $207,000 per day.
The Vancouver trade board said on Thursday that 63,000 shipping containers are waiting on the water to be unloaded.
A tweet from Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan stated the resumption of the strike is illegal.
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