Work Resumes At British Columbia Ports After Strike

BC port workers are back on the job this morning.

A tentative deal was reached yesterday between the B-C Maritime Employers Association and about 74-hundred longshore workers.

Workers started back up late yesterday afternoon.

The tentative agreement to end the strike came after Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan ordered a mediator to issue terms for a settlement, saying the gap in the deadlocked talks was “not sufficient to justify a continued work stoppage.”

The deal - a four year contract - still needs to be ratified.

The union, which represents 7,400 workers in the job action that began July 1, has not commented on the pact at the time of this writing.