Feds should send clearer message to labour movement when it comes to critical infrastructure: Beatty

Anti-scab legislation is 'priority No. 1' for the labour movement, but unions aren't relying on the Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence agreement when it comes to strike considerations, says CLC president Bea Bruske.

Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan gave the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada and the B.C. Maritime Employers Association 24 hours to agree to a mediated deal on July 12, with the union and employer coming to an agreement with 10 minutes to spare.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

July 19, 2023

The federal government should have acted sooner to resolve the British Columbia port strike, says former cabinet minister Perrin Beatty. And though he welcomed the labour minister’s eventual intervention, Beatty says the Liberals will need to send a clearer message to the ...

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