July 20, 2024 – The BCMEA and ILWU Local 514 are set to resume the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) hearing from August 6 to 9. This hearing will address the union’s DP World (Canada) Inc. manning proposal, which the BCMEA alleges to be illegal, constituting the union bargaining in bad faith. Following a scheduled case management meeting with the CIRB that occurred on July 24, ILWU Local 514’s legal counsel notified the parties that the union would be conducting an industry-wide strike vote, inclusive of all its members, in the coming weeks. The union noted that it will take at least until August 9 to complete the vote. The union’s legal counsel committed that no 72-hour strike notice would be served until the vote was completed, if at all. ILWU Local 514’s decision to proceed with an industry-wide strike vote is predictable, according to the BCMEA, given the CIRB’s July 7 decision that deemed the union’s previous strike vote and related strike notice to DP World (Canada) Inc. illegal.