Articles by Marco Vigliotti

Jul 31 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — A second deal reached between the longshore workers’ union and port employers association late Sunday tweaked language around the contentious issue of maintenance of cargo-handling equipment and has the support of all the union’s locals, iPolitics has learned. Sources close to the talks said that the heads of all locals of ILWU Canada signed the […]

Jul 21 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — A nearly two-week-long labour disruption that has paralyzed cargo shipments across the West Coast could be coming to an end after the longshore workers union announced that it would recommend its member approve a four-year deal with the employers group. In a statement released Friday, ILWU Canada said there would be a “stop work” meeting […]

Jul 21 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — ILWU Canada’s internal caucus leadership is reconsidering the tentative labour deal with the BC Maritime Employers Association. The union on Thursday announced that an emergency caucus vote is scheduled for tomorrow. The caucus rejected the deal on Tuesday, spurring the latest round of labour uncertainty. If the caucus votes to accept the deal, it would […]

Jul 19 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Sources tell iPolitics that a federal Incident Response Group meeting is set for this afternoon, with the B.C. strike on the agenda. The group, made up cabinet members, is convened to discuss major events. In the past, it has been convened to handle issues such as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘Freedom Convoy’ […]

Jul 19 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Sources told iPolitics that the board met overnight before issuing its ruling on Wednesday morning. Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan tweeted out the board’s ruling, remarking that the “strike is illegal.”

Jul 18 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — When businesses warned that the 2021 strike at the Port of Montreal posed a threat to a fragile Canadian economy still grappling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Liberal government tabled back-to-work legislation after just one day. Under Erin O’Toole, the Conservatives quickly lined up to support the bill, ensuring its passage through […]

Jul 13 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — A tentative four-year deal has been reached to end the B.C. longshore workers strike, iPolitics has learned. Sources close to the talks confirmed just after 1:30 p.m. on Thursday that an agreement has been reached. The BC Maritime Employers Association, which represented the businesses in the talks, later confirmed the deal in a statement, saying […]

Jul 12 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says he’s asking the senior mediator in the B.C. longshore workers’ strike to recommend a settlement in the labour dispute. The minister on Tuesday sent a letter to the ILWU Canada union and BC Maritime Employers Association advising them of his plan to seek out a settlement from the federal mediator […]

Jul 11 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Pressure is mounting on the Trudeau Liberals to end a nearly two-week-old longshore workers’ strike in B.C., with industry saying decisive action is desperately needed from Ottawa as billions in revenue is lost and trade bottlenecks worsen across the country’s already fragile supply chain. The business community is warning that the strike has already created […]

Jul 2 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The federal Liberals must immediately recall Parliament and pass back-to-work legislation to end a strike by longshore workers at B.C. ports, says the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Jul 1 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — A government source confirmed that negotiators from ILWU Canada and the port employers association have returned to the bargaining table after talks broke off earlier in the week. ILWU Canada, the workers union, issued a 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday for its members working at the Port of Vancouver and Port of Prince Rupert, after […]

Jun 30 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — With only hours left to stave off a longshore workers strike that could bring Canada’s largest port to a standstill, both sides have resumed negotiations, iPolitics has learned. A government source confirmed that negotiators from ILWU Canada and the port employers association have returned to the bargaining table after talks broke off earlier in the […]

May 30 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Lobbyists can only give gifts to MPs, Senators and other public officials that are valued at $40 or lower, under new rules for the sector set to go into effect on July 1. The gift limit is one of several changes found in the updated Lobbyist Code of Conduct aimed at providing greater clarity to […]

Apr 18 2023 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Leader Jagmeet Singh on Tuesday said he told the prime minister the NDP is a “workers’ party” and would never support legislative action curtailing the right to strike. The NDP won’t back the Trudeau Liberals if they introduce back-to-work legislation to end a prospective strike of more than 150,000 federal public servants, though it’s unclear […]

Jun 30 2020 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The federal Liberals are heading into the summer comfortably ahead of their rivals, a new Mainstreet Research poll suggests, with the governing party leading the second-place Conservatives — who will choose a new leader in August — by a double-digit margin. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were the top choice of 43.2 per cent of leaning and […]