{"id":117883,"date":"2021-03-22T03:49:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T03:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117883"},"modified":"2021-03-22T03:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T03:49:36","slug":"workers-at-canadas-second-largest-port-reject-deal-raising-strike-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/economy\/workers-at-canadas-second-largest-port-reject-deal-raising-strike-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers at Canada's second-largest port reject deal, raising strike fears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unionized dockworkers at Canada’s second-largest port on Sunday rejected an offer from management, a union representative said, raising industry fears of a new strike following crippling work stoppages in 2020.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Quebec which represents the dockworkers said the workers want to return to the negotiating table. An overwhelming 99.71% of the union workers rejected the offer, the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
CORONAVIRUS COMPLICATIONS MAY DELAY 'SIGNIFICANT' FLORIDA CRUISE ACTIVITY FOR A YEAR OR MORE, LOBBYIST SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n CUPE has been negotiating a contract with the Maritime Employers Association for 1,125 longshore workers at the Port of Montreal, after their agreement expired in 2018.<\/p>\n Sunday marks the end of a seven-month truce agreed to by the two sides which gave a reprieve to shippers who were hit hard last summer by the strike.<\/p>\n