{"id":28231,"date":"2021-12-02T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/trucking-strike-could-further-impact-port-of-vancouver-operations\/28231\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:49:08","slug":"trucking-strike-could-further-impact-port-of-vancouver-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/trucking-strike-could-further-impact-port-of-vancouver-operations\/28231\/","title":{"rendered":"Trucking strike could further impact Port of Vancouver operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Drivers at two Vancouver port trucking companies have voted to strike \u201cif necessary to achieve a fair agreement,\u201d said Unifor, the drivers\u2019 union, in a statement yesterday. A strike would affect almost 200 truckers servicing the Port of Vancouver on Canada\u2019s West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers employed by Prudential Transportation and Aheer Transportation will strike if those companies refuse to accept an industry pattern agreement put forth by the union. Truckers at Harbour Link Transportation ratified the same agreement in August this year. The agreement provides health, dental and insurance benefits for drivers, along with increased payments for waiting time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrudential and Aheer\u2019s largest competitor at Harbour Link can afford to treat Unifor members fairly, and all of these drivers play a critical role in the supply chain of the lower mainland,\u201d said Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor Western Regional Director. \u201cIt would be a shame if two greedy employers caused further disruptions to supply chain stability for the small extra costs required to meet the pattern agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>The Port of Vancouver is currently dealing with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/cargoes-back-up-across-canada-after-storm-of-the-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">severe delays caused by flooding<\/a><\/span> through the province of British Columbia. Some rail service from the port <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/port-of-vancouver-rail-service-may-resume-by-tuesday-after-last-weeks-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has been restored<\/a><\/span>, but many roads in the region remain closed or partially closed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\"> <script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\">\n<span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/canada\/\" rel=\"tag\">Canada<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers at two Vancouver port trucking companies have voted to strike \u201cif necessary to achieve a fair agreement,\u201d said Unifor, the drivers\u2019 union, in a statement yesterday. A strike would affect almost 200 truckers servicing the Port of Vancouver on Canada\u2019s West Coast. Drivers employed by Prudential Transportation and Aheer Transportation will strike if those &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-port-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/28232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}