Canada’s Busiest Port Vancouver Braces for Strike on Monday (1)

Dock foremen and women in British Columbia issued a strike notice for Monday, Nov. 4., setting up disruption at Canada’s biggest and third-biggest ports.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Ship & Dock Foremen Local 514 provided 72-hour advanced notice on Thursday of a walkout starting Monday at 8 a.m. Pacific time.

The BC Maritime Employers Association said in response it intends to “defensively” lock out ILWU Local 514’s more than 700 members on Monday, which could shut down all cargo operations for its many member companies in British Columbia.

The business group has “completely overreacted” with the threat of ...