MAC: Port work stoppage "negatively impacting mining sector"

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has voiced concern over an ongoing strike by British Columbia’s (BC) port workers.

MAC: Port work stoppage "negatively impacting mining sector" MAC: Port work stoppage "negatively impacting mining sector" MAC: Port work stoppage "negatively impacting mining sector" MAC: Port work stoppage "negatively impacting mining sector" MAC: Port work stoppage "negatively impacting mining sector"

BC ports move 16% of the nation’s traded goods.

On July 1, roughly 7,400 BC-based International Longshore and Warehouse Union members walked off the job, demanding improved wages and protection provisions against contracting out and automation.