About 1,000 workers from unions, who are not themselves on strike, have refused to cross tugboater picket lines — leaving them off the job and without pay for more than a month.

It’s threatened shipping ops with no clear end in sight. Zak Vescera reports.

Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/11/Strike-Shaking-Vancouver-Port/

About 1,000 workers from unions, who are not themselves on strike, have refused to cross tugboater picket lines — leaving them off the job and without pay for more than a month. It’s threatened shipping ops with no clear end in sight. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/11/Strike-Shaking-Vancouver-Port/

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