Some Calgary business owners are concerned that the waves from a labour dispute on the West Coast could delay their orders and chill the spirits of their customers. On Monday, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 was set to begin limited job action — an overtime ban and a refusal to implement tech changes if an agreement was not reached. No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.
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ports are frozen amid a labour dispute. What does this mean for Canadians? Instead of pushing the B.C.
Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) closer to a deal, it pushed the association to impose a lockout to the more than 700 unionized workers at ports across the province, shutting down most shipping on the coast. On Wednesday, the BCMEA said there had been no engagement with the union or federal mediators since it locked out workers. According to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, about $800 million worth of shipping goods passes through West Coast ports each day.
Business owners on edge Emma May, the founder and CEO of e-commerce fashion brand SophieGrace with showrooms in Calgary and Vancouver, could miss out on sales at a key time of year — around Black Friday and Christmas — when a rise in sales can help keep her business afloat in the quieter months. She said a shipment of apparel arrived at the Port of Vancouver at the beginning of the week and has been stuck since then, unable to be offloaded. "If we can't get [customers] t.