CP NewsAlert: B.C. port workers approve contract

By The Canadian Press on August 4, 2023.

Gantry cranes sit idle as a container ship is docked at port during a work stoppage, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Voting among British Columbia port workers on a new agreement with employers is scheduled to conclude today, with the result deciding whether the months-long labour dispute will end or continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s port workers have voted almost 75 per cent in favour of accepting a contract offer, ending weeks of turbulent job action that stopped billions of dollars’ worth of goods from being shipped.

The approval of the contract, which covers about 7,400 workers, comes after the union rejected a mediated settlement twice.

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