Reading Time: 2 minutes The turnaround in canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange indicates canola traders are ignoring issues with China and the strike among Port of Vancouver grain workers.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola’s turnaround a ‘gift’ says broker
U.S. port strike threatens vital trade arteries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some 45,000 union workers could walk off the job at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts on Oct 1, cutting off vital trade arteries just weeks ahead of the nation's presidential election.
Exports could take a hit as Vancouver grain terminals workers strike
Reading Time: 2 minutes While producers could feel the pinch of a strike at the Port of Vancouver's grain terminals within a week, the markets won't feel much of a hit unless the strike continues for three or four weeks, analysts said.
Port of Vancouver grain workers walk off the job
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain terminal workers at the Port of Vancouver are on strike this morning as shown by video posted by local media on X. Video from CityNews Vancouver shows workers picketing outside of Viterra's Cascadia terminal.
Port of Vancouver elevator strike will have ‘devastating impact’ on farmers say Grain Growers
Reading Time: < 1 minute On Sept. 21, Grain Workers Union Local 333 issued a 72-hour strike notice to terminal operators represented by the Vancouver Terminal Elevators Association (VTEA). According to a letter posted to the union's Facebook page, workers will walk off the job on Tuesday morning.
Canada labour board orders end to railway work stoppage
Teamsters say decision sets dangerous precedent, will challenge the move in federal court if needed
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered on Saturday a halt to work stoppages at the country's largest railways, signaling an end to an unprecedented service disruption at both main freight rail carriers that threatened to hammer Canada's export-driven economy.
Teamsters issue strike notice to CN, CPKC stoppage ongoing
Reading Time: < 1 minute Workers at the Canadian National (CN) railway will be headed back to work today, their union said, but workers at Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) will remain off the job "pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)."
As Canada braces for rail stoppage, truckers scramble to meet demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Canada braced for a freight rail stoppage that could hit industries ranging from autos to agriculture, the trucking sector said it faced higher demand it could not meet.
North American agriculture groups ask US, Canadian governments to stop rail strike
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nearly three dozen North American agriculture groups, in a joint letter to the U.S. and Canadian governments today, urged action to avoid a rail stoppage.
Canada rail companies and union must work hard to reach deal, says Ottawa
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's two main railway companies and the Teamsters union must do the hard work necessary to reach labor deals and avoid a full stoppage, federal Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon said on Monday.
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