Most of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada members voted in favor of accepting the tentative agreement with West Coast ports management.
After the recent union strike, billions of dollars of trade is tied up in congestion as railroads and trucking companies dig out from container pileup.Shipping containers are loaded onto rail cars at the Global Container Terminals Vanterm container terminal on Vancouver Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The new deal includes increases in wages, benefits, and training, according to an overnight statement by the BCMEA. No additional specifics were given. The BCMEA said the ratification would provide "certainty and stability for the future of Canada's West Coast ports." "We are happy that the ILWU has finally come to terms and agreed to a new contract," said Brashier. "Unfortunately, this lack of government intervention and direction has forced cargo owners and shippers in our network to make the decision and permanently move their imports back to the U.S. port of entry on the West Coast."
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