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Talks at a standstill as U.S. dockworkers’ strike enters second day
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: Striking workers at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn gather before a visit by Mayor Eric Adams after members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, began walking off the job after 12:01 a.m. ET on October 01, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. The strike of over 50,000 workers at ports along the East Coast and Texas comes after the contract between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance, or USMX expired. Workers are striking over wages, use of automated technology and other issues. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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McGill law professors’ union agrees to suspend strike, resume classes
McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can't reach an agreement today with a faculty union that has been on strike since August. McGill University is seen Friday, Oct.13, 2023 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
international business
U.S. East and Gulf Coast dock workers strike, halting half the country’s ocean shipping
Shipping container cranes are visible in the background as Longshoremen carry signs and chant Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, outside the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, as members of the International Longshoreman's Association have decided to strike after their contract expired at midnight. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students if agreement not reached with striking faculty union
McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can't reach an agreement Monday with a faculty union that has been on strike since August. McGill University is seen Friday, Oct.13, 2023, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Port of Montreal dock workers launch three-day strike at two terminals
An aerial view of the Port of Montreal is shown on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Port of Montreal longshore workers have started a three-day strike at two terminals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
u.s. business
Strike by U.S. East, Gulf Coast port workers looms Tuesday with no talks scheduled
FILE - Containers are moved at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Dockworkers at Port of Montreal begin three-day strike at two terminals
The union representing longshore workers at the Port of Montreal says work at two terminals could come to a standstill next week as the union served a 72-hour strike notice today. A container ship is loaded in the Port of Montreal, Tuesday, Sept.19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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U.S. retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike
FILE - A worker walks among shipping containers in a loading area at a BNSF intermodal terminal on Jan. 3, 2024, in Edgerton, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Canada’s Grain Workers Union and VTEA reach tentative agreement
Rail cars are seen on the tracks outside the Viterra Cascadia Terminal, that handles grain exports, in Vancouver on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Port of Montreal dockworkers threaten three-day strike beginning Monday, union says
A container ship is loaded in the Port of Montreal, Tuesday, Sept.19, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
international business
Ports seek order to force dockworkers to bargaining table as strike looms at East and Gulf ports
FILE - Container ships are docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Business Brief: Coastal labour strife crunches supply chains
Workers walk a picket line at a Vancouver terminal earlier this week.
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Boeing, striking union to resume contract talks on Friday
FILE PHOTO: A strike sign hangs from a post near a Boeing sign as Boeing factory workers and supporters gather on a picket line during the third day of a strike near the entrance to a Boeing production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S. September 15, 2024. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo
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Montreal dockworkers approve strike mandate
A container ship is loaded in the Port of Montreal, Tuesday, Sept.19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Strike at Vancouver grain terminals leaves ships at anchor
Workers walk a picket line at the Viterra Cascadia Terminal, one of several Port of Vancouver terminals, in Vancouver B.C., on September 24, 2024. Members of the Grain Workers Union Local 333 walked off the job on Tuesday morning, disrupting exports of everything from canola and wheat to barley and oats. Negotiations broke down on Friday between the GWU and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators’ Association. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
european business
Volkswagen digs in as workers threaten strikes over plant closures in Germany
Workers attend a rally to protest against plant closures and compulsory redundancies before Volkswagen AG and the industrial union IG Metall start talks over a new labour agreement for six of its German plants, in Hanover, Germany, September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
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Boeing gives union more time to vote on an offer that’s getting poor reviews from striking workers
Signs are taped to a light pole as Boeing workers strike Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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Vancouver grain terminal workers go on strike amid harvest season
Workers walk a picket line at the Viterra Cascadia Terminal, one of several Port of Vancouver terminals, in Vancouver B.C., on September 24, 2024. Members of the Grain Workers Union Local 333 walked off the job on Tuesday morning, disrupting exports of everything from canola and wheat to barley and oats. Negotiations broke down on Friday between the GWU and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators’ Association. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
british columbia
HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver vote to ratify new deal with TransDev
A striking HandyDART transit system worker walks a picket line in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, September 5, 2024. The operator of Metro Vancouver's specialized HandyDART transit system says it will respond to the latest proposal from the worker's union on Thursday when talks resume as was "previously scheduled." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Grain farmers urge intervention as Metro Vancouver terminal workers prepare to strike
The union representing grain workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver says it has served the employer with a 72-hour strike notice. A container ship docked under gantry cranes at port and the downtown skyline are seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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