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Julayi 5, 2023

Angokwemibiko yabezindaba yangaphandle, i-International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) eCanada isikhiphe ngokusemthethweni isaziso sesiteleka samahora angama-72 ku-British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA). Isizathu salokhu ukungasebenzi kahle kwezingxoxo phakathi kwamaqembu amabili.

Kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Julayi, amachweba amaningana eCanada kulindeleke ukuthi abhekane nesiteleka esikhulu

I-International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) e-Canada ikhiphe isaziso ngokuvumelana ne-Canadian Labor Code, imemezela uhlelo lwayo lokuqala isiteleka emachwebeni ogwini olusentshonalanga yezwe kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Julayi. Lesi isinyathelo esilandelayo endleleni yabo enolaka yezingxoxo zenkontileka. I-British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) isikuqinisekisile ukuthola isaziso esibhalwe phansi sesiteleka samahora angu-72.

Isiteleka kuhlelelwe ukuthi siqale ngo-8:00 AM ngesikhathi sendawo ngoJulayi 1, 2023, emachwebeni ogwini olusentshonalanga e-Canada. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iningi lamachweba ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-Canadian lizothola ukuphazamiseka.

Amachweba amakhulu athintekile afaka amasango amabili amakhulu, iPort of Vancouver kanye nePort of Prince Rupert, okungamachweba okuqala nesithathu ngobukhulu eCanada, ngokulandelana. Lawa machweba asebenza njengamasango abalulekile e-Asia.

Kubikwa ukuthi cishe u-90% wezohwebo zaseCanada udlula echwebeni laseVancouver, futhi cishe u-15% wezimpahla ezithunyelwa ngaphandle zase-US zithuthwa echwebeni minyaka yonke.

Amachweba ogwini olusentshonalanga eCanada aphatha izimpahla ezibiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-225 unyaka ngamunye. Izinto ezithuthiweyo zihlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo zezimpahla zabathengi, kusukela kwezimpahla zokugqoka kuya emikhiqizweni kagesi kanye nempahla yasendlini.

Isenzo sesiteleka esingaba khona siphakamise ukukhathazeka kanye nokukhathazeka ngomthelela ochungechungeni lokuhlinzeka ngempahla yaseCanada kanye nokuhamba kwezimpahla zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe. UNdunankulu waseBrithani Columbia uDavid Eby uzwakalise ukukhathazeka kwakhe okujulile ngemithelela engase ibe khona yesiteleka emachwebeni abo. Uveze ukuthi isifundazwe besibhekene nezindleko ezikhuphukayo kulo lonke lolu bhubhane ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla emali kanye nezinkinga ze-supply chain, futhi isiteleka singase senyuse izindleko, izakhamizi ezingakwazi ukuzikhokhela.

Kodwa-ke, ngokwemithetho yezabasebenzi yaseCanada, ukuthunyelwa okusanhlamvu akufanele kuthinteke esitelekeni. I-BCMEA iphinde yaveza ukuthi basazoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngezinsiza emikhunjini. Lokhu kusho ukuthi isiteleka sizogxila kakhulu emikhunjini yamakhonteyina.
Imbangela yalesi siteleka wukuthi zombili izinhlangothi azikwazanga ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni esisha

Kusukela ngoFebhuwari walo nyaka, kube nenqubo eqhubekayo yokuxoxisana kwamahhala phakathi kwe-ILWU Canada kanye ne-British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) emzamweni wokuvuselela isivumelwano seqoqo lemboni yonke esiphelelwe yisikhathi ngoMashi 31, 2023. Nokho, kusukela ekupheleni kwesivumelwano, izinhlangothi zombili azikwazanga ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni esisha.

Ngaphambi kwalokhu, zombili izinhlangothi zazisesikhathini sokupholisa, esiphele ngoJuni 21. Ngalesi sikhathi amalungu enyunyana avotele ngo-99.24% evumelana nesiteleka esihlelelwe le nyanga.

Izingxoxo zangaphambilini zazibandakanya izivumelwano ezimbili ezihlangene zasogwini, esisodwa ne-Longshore Locals kanye nesinye ne-Local 514 Ship&Dock Foremen, ezimele abasebenzi bemikhumbi nezinduna ezingaphezu kuka-7,400 emachwebeni ogwini olusentshonalanga yeCanada. Lezi zivumelwano zihlanganisa izici ezihlukahlukene njengamaholo, izinzuzo, amahora okusebenza, nezimo zokusebenza.

I-BCMEA imele abaqashi nabasebenzi bemboni ezimele abangama-49 eBritish Columbia.

Ephendula isaziso sesiteleka, uNgqongqoshe Wezabasebenzi waseCanada u-Seamus O'Regan kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuthutha u-Omar Alghabra bakhiphe isitatimende ngokuhlanganyela begcizelela ukubaluleka kokufinyelela isivumelwano ngezingxoxo.

“Sikhuthaza kakhulu zonke izinhlaka ukuthi zibuyele etafuleni lezingxoxo zisebenzisane ukuze kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni. Yilokho okubaluleke kakhulu okwamanje,” sifundeka isitatimende esihlanganyelwe.

Kusukela ngomhla ka-28 Mashi 2023, i-BCMEA ne-ILWU Canada bezibandakanye emizamweni yokulamula neyokubuyisana ngemva kokuthola isaziso sengxabano esithunyelwe yi-ILWU Canada.

I-BCMEA imile kwelokuthi iveze iziphakamiso eziqotho futhi izibophezele ekwenzeni inqubekelaphambili ekufinyeleleni esivumelwaneni esinobulungiswa. Naphezu kwesaziso sesiteleka, i-BCMEA izwakalisa ukuzimisela kwayo ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo ngenqubo yokulamula yenhlangano ukuze kutholwe isivumelwano esinokulinganisela esiqinisekisa ukuzinza kwechweba nokugeleza okungaphazamiseki kwezimpahla zabantu baseCanada.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-ILWU Canada iveze ukuthi ifuna isivumelwano esinobulungiswa ukuze bafeze izinhloso zabo, okuhlanganisa ukunqanda ukuguguleka kwemisebenzi ngokukhipha abasebenzi, ukuvikela abasebenza emadokodweni emthelela we-port automation, nokubavikela emiphumeleni yokwehla kwamandla emali nokwenyuka kwempilo. izindleko.

Inyunyana igqamisa iminikelo yabasebenzi bemikhumbi ngesikhathi sodlame futhi izwakalisa ukudumala ngezidingo zemvume ye-BCMEA. "I-BCMEA nabaqashi abangamalungu bayo benqabile ukuxoxisana ngezindaba ezibalulekile," kusho i-ILWU Canada esitatimendeni sabo.

Inyunyana icela i-BCMEA ukuthi ihoxise yonke imvumelwano futhi izibandakanye ezingxoxweni zangempela ukuze kuxazululwe ingxabano kuyilapho ihlonipha amalungelo nemibandela yabasebenzi basemadokodweni.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kwesenzo sesiteleka sakamuva, i-ILWU e-US West Coast yafinyelela isivumelwano sokuqala ngenkontileka entsha yabasebenzi nabanikazi bamatheku ababemelwe yi-Pacific Maritime Association, ephela isikhathi esingangonyaka sezingxoxo. Lokhu kube nemithelela ebalulekile kumatheminali echweba.

UPhilip Davies, inhloko yeDavies Transportation Consulting Inc., inkampani yezomnotho yezokuthutha eVancouver, uthe izivumelwano phakathi kwabaqashi basolwandle nabasebenzi basethekwini ngokuvamile ziyizivumelwano zesikhathi eside ezihilela “izingxoxo ezinzima.”

UDavies ubalule ukuthi uma izingxoxo zingaphumeleli, inyunyana inokukhetha okuningi ngaphandle kokuthi ifake isiteleka esigcwele ukuze kuphazamiseke ukusebenza kwamachweba. "Bangase baphazamise ukusebenza kwetheminali, noma bangakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngomsebenzi owanele weshifu."

“Yebo, impendulo yomqashi ingase ibe ukuvala inyunyana ngaphandle nokuvala isikhumulo, okungenzeka noma yikuphi.”

Umhlaziyi wezohwebo uzwakalise ukuthi isiteleka esingase sibe khona ngeke nje sibe nomthelela omkhulu emnothweni waseCanada kodwa futhi singaba nemiphumela emibi emnothweni womhlaba.