British Columbia port employers defend lockout decision ahead of port shutdown
The British Columbia Maritime Employers’ Association says a coastwide lockout is necessary to ‘facilitate a safe and orderly wind-down of operations’
ILWU Local 514 issued a strike notice in the past week in relation to ‘limited job action’, but the BCMEA says the union can escalate to a full-scale shutdown without notice, arguing the situation is ‘untenable’, necessitating a lockout