Unionized employees of the Halifax Shipyard are voting Sunday afternoon on whether to give their negotiating team a strike mandate. The current collective agreement between Unifor Marine Workers Local 1 and the Halifax Shipyard expires at the end of the month. The Halifax Shipyard building is four football fields in length and 48 metres high. Irvings says it offered 2 proposalsIn a public statement on Nov. 23, the Halifax Shipyard said it had offered the union two proposals. We are hopeful that an outside party can assist in restarting negotiations, as we believe a negotiated agreement is the best option for the Halifax Shipyard and our shipbuilders," it said.

Source: CBC News December 03, 2017 12:00 UTC