A tentative deal has been reached to bring an end to the strike at the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s labour minister said.
Workers at six grain terminals at the port had been on strike since Sept. 24.
The dispute between the Western Grain Elevator Association and the Grain Workers Union Local 333 includes about 600 employees.
“Grain Workers Union Local 333 and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators’ Association have reached a tentative agreement to get Canada’s harvest to market,” Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said in a Sept. 27 post on the X platform.
MacKinnon had directed both sides to go back to the bargaining table, with a federal mediator to help….