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The 13-day strike has demonstrated that dockworkers confront a battle on two fronts: against the union-NDP backed Liberal government, which enforces the demands of the corporate elite and seeks to smash any resistance that obstructs the ruling class agenda of war and austerity; and against the union bureaucracy, which serves the ruling class by suppressing the class struggle
Premier Danielle Smith issued the following statement after hearing that both sides have reached a tentative agreement to bring an end to the B.C. port strike:
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s statement on the end of the strike was uncharacteristically polite and only a little ambiguous.
Even Danielle Smith welcomed the federal government’s moves to end dispute.
The union held strike votes on June 28 and July 11. It says a 'majority' of members voted in favour of a strike. Both parties have agreed to continue negotiations with a mediator until July 28. If they don't reach a deal, the earliest workers can strike is Aug. 19.