United Conservative Party calling on New Democratic opposition leader Rachel Notley to join them in their call to end the B.C. port strike.
Even if the strike were to be resolved tomorrow, Fellows said the pressures from the past 10 days would reverberate throughout the economy for the rest of the year as the port works to clear the backlog.
“A lot of Canadian businesses practice some version of ‘just in time delivery’ where they’re operating on very tight inventories because it’s less expensive to run that way when the transportation system is running properly. But if you don’t have inventories and you get cut off for days, you’re drawing down those inventories very quickly if you don’t have big warehouses on the Prairies to store some of that stuff,” said Fellows.
In statement released Monday, Rob Ashton, the union head, said the union’s attempts to get a fair wage increase in current negotiations have been “blocked by shipping companies and terminal employers who have seen profits explode during the last three years.” Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland UCP MLA Shane Getson called for Notley to break rank with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who said he would block back-to-work legislation that would force workers to return to their posts.
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