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The union’s contract caucus will have to decide whether to send the agreement to members for ratification
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A second tentative agreement has been reached in the B.C. port strike, two days after union leaders rejected a proposed settlement recommended by a federal mediator.
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In a letter to members posted to its website Thursday evening, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union local 502 said the union’s bargaining committee has reached a tentative deal with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association.
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It said the union’s contract caucus will hold an emergency vote on Friday to decide whether the agreement will be sent to members for ratification.
If the caucus votes in favour of sending the deal to members, the union will call a meeting to present the package to its membership.
This is the second deal reached between the union and its employer.
On July 13, a tentative agreement was reached after federal mediation. However, the agreement was rejected by the union’s caucus on Tuesday.
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According to the employers association, the rejected deal would have given port workers a compounded 19.2 per cent wage bump over four years, as well as increases in retirement lump sum payments, enhanced pension, increased tool allowances and benefits contributions.
The strike has involved about 7,400 port workers at more than 30 port terminals and other sites across B.C.
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade estimates the 13 days of job action up until July 13 when the initial settlement was reached had caused “significant economic harm” and caused $9.9 billion in traded goods to be delayed.
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