Striking port workers expected to be ordered back to work
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VANCOUVER — A labour movement researcher says the federal government’s decision to direct the Canada Industrial Relations Board to consider ending the B-C port labour dispute is akin to sweeping problems under the rug.
McGill University associate professor Barry Eidlin says Canada has a reputation among industrialized nations for over-relying on legislating an end to labour impasses, but the move does not address the root causes of the disputes that may pop up again later.
On Saturday, federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan said he has directed C-I-R-B to impose a resolution if it determines a negotiated resolution in the port dispute is no longer possible.
The announcement comes after the union representing about 7,400 port workers said Friday that members voted down the latest tentative agreement, putting operations at more than 30 port terminals and other sites back in limbo.
