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Vancouver box truckers threaten strike, but mull port's fix-it proposals
CONTAINER truck drivers are poised to give 72-hour strike notice to the Port of Vancouver over long waiting times, though they are considering the port's improvement proposals first.
The 1,200 non-union United Truckers Association drivers have joined the 400 union members of Unifor to form the Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association and have already had a strike vote.
In response, the Vancouver port authority has presented an eight-point plan to extend Monday-to-Friday gate hours, a full rate audit of all trucking companies and the waiving the terminal gate compliance fees with cause by extensive delays.
Canada's biggest port has reported an increase in container volume of 4.1 per cent to 2.8 million TEU in 2013. Truckers say that long line-ups and waiting times cost them money since its collective agreement expired in June 2012.
The Unifor-VCTA has demanded "increased rates of pay at the bargaining table and wants the rates standardised and enforced across the sector to put an end to undercutting", said its president Paul Johal.
The 1,200 non-union United Truckers Association drivers have joined the 400 union members of Unifor to form the Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers' Association and have already had a strike vote.
In response, the Vancouver port authority has presented an eight-point plan to extend Monday-to-Friday gate hours, a full rate audit of all trucking companies and the waiving the terminal gate compliance fees with cause by extensive delays.
Canada's biggest port has reported an increase in container volume of 4.1 per cent to 2.8 million TEU in 2013. Truckers say that long line-ups and waiting times cost them money since its collective agreement expired in June 2012.
The Unifor-VCTA has demanded "increased rates of pay at the bargaining table and wants the rates standardised and enforced across the sector to put an end to undercutting", said its president Paul Johal.
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