Another strike in Canada?
Last time more than 150,000 people sabotaged the work.
In Hollywood movies we often see large ships full of iron containers of various colors. They travel from port to port, from continent to continent, where they are unloaded by the sea workers.
But what is the risk of at least one day of downtime? What about two days or even three? That's exactly the kind of prediction experts in the trucking industry are making now, because new protests are probably just around the corner.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, which represents workers who load and unload cargo at port terminals in cities such as Vancouver and Prince Rupert, said its committee has authorized a vote on the strike. Its president, Rob Ashton, said the vote would take place June 9 and 10.
There are about 7,000 people working at B.C. ports. If you imagine that one day even half of them would not go to work, it would be a serious blow to logistics and the entire trade and transport policy of the region.
Actually Canada remembers very well what happened in April: at the time, tens of thousands of civil servants protested, demanding better working conditions and higher wages. A few days after, there were 120,000 protesters, and then even 155,000.
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