The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada said Friday it will meet next week to recommend the terms of a tentative agreement to its membership.
The development may end the labour dispute between the union and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, which shut down provincial port facilities for 13 days earlier this month.
Union president Rob Ashton said in a written statement that members will take the 8 a.m. shift off next Tuesday for the meeting where the deal will be presented.
News of a possible agreement broke late Thursday as the union’s Local 502 said on its website that the union would hold an “emergency contract caucus” Friday to decide if the deal would be sent to a full-membership vote for ratification or rejection….
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