Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) has served lockout notice to port workers effective Thursday morning in response to stalled contract negotiations — a move the union says would "[shut] down the entire West Coast shipping industry." A lockout would affect the Port of Vancouver and every other facility across B.C. that is a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), including around 20 facilities and 7,000 workers. Cruise workers and grain workers would not be included. In a written statement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) called the planned lockout a "reckless, irresponsible and needless decision."

Source: CBC News May 29, 2019 02:03 UTC