Shipyard and drydock companies in North Van argued their work has been unfairly halted by the tugboat captains' strike. But a B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled the pickets can stay.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by Vancouver Shipyards and Vancouver Drydock to prevent striking tugboat captains from setting up picket lines at the entrances to their operations in North Vancouver.
The pickets have effectively shut down work at both the shipyard and the dry dock for the past month after about 1,000 unionized workers there – who are not on strike themselves – refused to cross the picket lines set up by the Canadian Merchant Service Guild, representing striking tugboat captains and engineers.
In court documents, the companies had argued that while they are owned by the same parent corporation, the shipyard and dry dock are “completely separate from those of Seaspan.” Macintosh also noted the close corporate relationships between the tugboat captains’ employer Seaspan ULC, and the shipyard and dry-dock companies.
The labour dispute at the huge marine company began last month, when unionized tugboat captains walked off the job on Seaspan tugs over a contract bargaining dispute with the company.
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