摘要: |
On October 21, employees of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSDC) went on strike, shutting down Canadian portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a binational waterway connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. A 72-hour strike notice on October 18 followed unsuccessful salary and contract negotiations between the union and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation. Although the dispute involved only a Canadian union and certain ports and locks, the strike shut down the entire Seaway system. Two U.S. locks in Massena, N.Y., are inoperable as traffic has been cut off by Canadian locks on each side. Customers and shippers made plans to reroute shipments through East Coast ports. Remediation talks between the parties were set for October 27 in Toronto. |