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Longshore Union Issues 72 Hour Strike Notice

CANADA

*CANADIAN LONGSHORE UNION ISSUES 72 HOUR STRIKE NOTICE IN BC - bbg

  • It's formal notice of upcoming strikes after the ILWU and BCMEA had agreed on a 72-hour notice period before action can be taken.
  • It covers around 7k members so is much smaller than the PSAC strikes affecting above 150k federal workers, but will likely involve work stoppages at the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.
  • It's an unwelcome bump for supply side disruption but unless particularly protracted is unlikely to change the BoC's current greater focus on service inflation resilience.

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