Lockout ends for 6,500 B.C. port workers after tentative deal reached

Less than three hours after it began, a lockout affecting thousands of longshore workers in B.C. has ended.

The lockout began after the workers' union and the association representing port employers failed to reach a deal by the 8 a.m. PT lockout deadline.

The lockout ended just before 10:45 a.m. PT after a tentative deal was reached, according to a release from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)...

After news of the tentative deal broke, union president Rob Ashton said the bargaining committee is satisfied .

"The ports are open. My members are going to be going to the dispatch hall for this afternoons dispatch. Bring the boats in, we want to ship cargo."..

This was excerpted from the 30 May 2019 edition of CBC News.