July 19, 2023

• ILWU media statement
• Two issues are wage growth and the length of the contract (four years) deemed too long for many.
• The "Caucus" which rejected the tentative agreement is the leadership from the independent unions.

• Employer group estimates C$500 million in daily trade disruption

Two Canadian cabinet ministers said they’re looking at “all options” to end a strike by dockworkers in British Columbia after workers returned to the picket line.

Ship-position data from MarineTraffic showed six container ships waiting off Vancouver as of Tuesday afternoon, and no container vessels waiting off Prince Rupert, with seven more container ships set to arrive at the two ports in the coming days. Around a dozen container ships waited off both ports combined during the July 1-13 strike. (FW)

One knock-on effect is the collapse in intermodal traffic across the boarder on rail.

Extra pressure is being applied to UPS as pilots stay they are unwilling to fly planes during the strike.

It is essentially a statement of not crossing picket lines.

UPS pilots are allowed under their collective bargaining agreement to honor primary picket lines and did that for 16 days during the Teamsters’ strike in 1997. (FW)

The other reason this is possible is that the scheduling of such a reduced capacity would be a nightmare for the pilots resulting in infighting over flights.