Canada
Ottawa orders end to port work stoppages
Canada Labor Secretary Steven MacKinnon asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order operations to resume at the ports of Montreal, Vancouver and Prince Rupert and send employers and longshore unions back to the bargaining table.
The work stoppages that have shut down container imports at Canada’s busiest ports will likely be coming to an end.
Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order an end to lockouts of union employees ... [380 chars]