Labour minister announces inquiry into costly 2023 port strike in B.C.
April 22, 2024
Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says he has appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to dig deeper into the underlying causes of B.C.’s port strike last summer.The federal government says in a statement the port strike was a single labour dispute that caused a major “economic disruption” as longshore workers walked picket lines for just under two weeks last July.O’Regan says the commission will be headed by veteran mediator Vince Ready, who was tapped during the strike to mediate a deal between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the BC Maritime Employers Association.
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