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Boeing CEO warns of no quick fix to plane maker’s crisis as losses balloon to US$6-billion
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing logo is seen on a 777-9 aircraft on display during the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 18, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
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Shippers call on Ottawa to shield supply chains against labour disruptions
Port of Montreal longshore workers begin a three-day strike outside the Maisonneuve Termont terminal in Montreal, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
u.s. business
U.S. port strike ends leaving huge cargo backlog to be cleared
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen stacked in Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
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Business Brief: Five takeaways from a whirlwind week
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Business Brief: A ‘multiplier effect’ of economic pain
Dockworkers on strike yesterday in Portsmouth, Virginia.
international business
Agriculture groups urge White House action ahead of possible ports strike
FILE PHOTO: Docked cargo ships are loaded with shipping containers at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
opinion
It’s 2024: Why are there still formula shortages in Canada?
Robyn Urback
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Business Brief: Coastal labour strife crunches supply chains
Workers walk a picket line at a Vancouver terminal earlier this week.
u.s. business
Companies scramble for workarounds ahead of threatened strike by U.S. port workers
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 20: A chemical/oil tanker (L) passes a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on September 20, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The Port of Los Angeles has seen a 17 percent surge in cargo traffic for the first eight months of the year compared to its 2023 pace amid a looming ports strike. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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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.
international business
Boeing strike could exacerbate global jetliner shortage, experts say
Boeing Machinists Union member Nico Padilla, front, and others wave to passing traffic on the picket line at the Everett plant, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
international business
Indian port workers call off strike, agree to new wage deal
FILE PHOTO: A fisherman prepares to cast his fishing net in the waters of the Vembanad lake as a container ship is seen docked in the background, at a port in Vallarpadam, in the southern Indian city of Kochi February 11, 2014./File Photo
international business
‘Clean beauty’ can be difficult in the face of complex supply chain issues and climate change
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Morning Update: The labour dispute that derailed Canada’s trains
Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference hold signs during a picket at the CPKC Kinnear Yard in Hamilton, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
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Railways work to resume full service after labour board’s binding arbitration
Railcars with containers sit idle after a strike by railway workers on August 23, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Freight rail operations resumed across Canada on August 22, after federal intervention to end a disruption triggered by labor disputes at the country's two main operators, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon ordered current collective agreements extended and "operations on both railways to resume forthwith." (Photo by Don MacKinnon / AFP) (Photo by DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Business Brief: Getting the trains moving again
CN workers picket in Toronto, as the rest of the country briefly grappled with an unprecedented total shutdown of Canada's two national railways.
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Miners Rio Tinto, Teck take steps to minimize impact of Canadian railway labour dispute
Teck Resources Ltd. reported its second-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago due in part to its reduced ownership in steelmaking coal business Elk Valley Resources, along with lower steelmaking coal pricesThe Teck Resources logo is seen on a podium before the company's special meeting of shareholders, in Vancouver, B.C., on April 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s biggest railways lock out workers after failed negotiations with union
A CN employee hammers a sign into place after Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) locked out workers following unsuccessful negotiation attempts with a major labor union in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Business groups warn of dire consequences unless Ottawa steps in as rail shutdown looms
Locomotives sit idle at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail yard in Port Coquitlam, B.C., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on negotiations with the union representing 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers. Both companies have issued lockout notices while the union has also threatened to strike. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Tanker adrift after multiple attacks in the Red Sea, U.K. maritime agency says
FILE PHOTO: Ships are docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo