BC Port Employers to Launch Lockout at Terminals as Labour Disruption Begins

Tugboats guide a cargo ship from a berth at port, in Vancouver on July 16, 2024. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Employers at British Columbia ports say they are going ahead with locking out more than 700 foremen across the province after strike activities from union members began.

The lockout will shut port terminals operated by members of the BC Maritime Employers Association, which are located across the B.C. coast from Victoria and Vancouver up to the Alaskan border.