CN & UNITED STEELWORKERS – NEW THREE-YEAR LABOUR AGREEMENT – TRACK MAINTENANCE WORKERS
CN and the United Steelworkers Union announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement covering approximately 3000 employees who inspect, maintain and repair the railway's t [...]
PORT OF MONTREAL CHECKERS – NEW SIX-YEAR LABOUR AGREEMENT
The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) reported on February 26 that they had successfully negotiated a new six-year agreement with 140 checkers at the Port of Montreal, represented b [...]
CANADIAN TIRE’S GARY FAST – SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR – 2023
The FMA is pleased to announce that Gary Fast, formerly Vice-President, Transportation at Canadian Tire, has been named the Supply Chain Executive-of-the-Year for 2023 by the FMA Board [...]
THE PRESIDENT’S NEW YEAR’S MESSSAGE
Dear FMA members,Together with my colleagues at the Freight Management Association (FMA), I wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!Looking back at the past year, it is [...]
Want Ports Declared Essential – Blacklocks’s Reporter
Parliament should rewrite the Canada Labour Code to classify port workers as essential, freight shippers yesterday told the Commons trade committee. The designation would prohibit long [...]
ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY 2023 NAVIGATION SEASON CLOSING DATES
The St. Lawrence Seaway System is announcing the closing dates for the 2023 navigation season:The Montreal- Lake Ontario Section closing date will be January 5, 2024 The Welland Canal [...]
MINISTER OF LABOUR INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO BAN REPLACEMENT WORKERS
Yesterday, November 9, the Hon. Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour, introduced Bill C-58, that would ban, or limit, the use of replacement workers during a strike or lockout. This woul [...]
ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY LABOUR UPDATE # 6, OCTOBER 22 – ON STRIKE
Both SLSMC and Unifor have announced that, despite negotiations continuing to the deadline, no agreement on wages as been reached and the strike commenced at 0001 hours this morning. A [...]
Atlantic Maritime trade transitioning to ‘new normal’
Maritime MagazineBrent FrederickWeak global economies and geopolitical instability. Pressure on household budgets, translating into softened consumer spending. Well-stocked warehouses [...]
PORT OF MONTREAL LABOUR AGREEMENTS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2023
The Montréal longshoremen’s and checker’s current collective agreements expire on December 31st.Information on the Port of Montreal Longshore Workers agreement was included in the FMA [...]
REGULATED INTERSWITCHING – TEMPORARY DISTANCE EXTENSION – RATES PUBLISHED
As previously reported, the government has, through the passage of Bill C-47, temporarily extended the distance of regulated railway interswitching from the current 30 km limit (the di [...]
TRANSPORT CANADA RAIL REVIEW – FMA INPUT
Transport Canada (TC) is commencing its Rail Review in response to the National Supply Chain Task Force recommendations of October 2022. Tamara Rudge, Director General, Surface Transpo [...]
WEST COAST LABOUR SETTLEMENT – GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS AUGUST 5 & 9
On August 5, following the settlement of the west coast labour dispute between the BCMEA and the longshore workers, represented by the ILWU, the Ministers of Labour and Transport issue [...]
WESTCOAST LONGSHORE STRIKE UPDATE – JULY 13 b RETURN TO WORK
Tentative Settlement AnnouncedThis afternoon, the Ministers of Labour and Transportation announced that management had labour had accepted the "Terms of Settlement" proposed by the Lab [...]
ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY – TENTATIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT
Some good labour news today in eastern Canada. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with UNIFOR, representing Tr [...]
B.C. port strike could affect supply chain for month: expert
As B.C.’s port strike continues, Monika Gul is hearing from business insiders who say from cars to food, consumers will start to feel the consequences soon. [...]
Cargo loaders at B.C. ports walk off the job
Global News talks to John Corey of the Freight Management Association of Canada about how the port strike will disrupt the Canadian supply chain. [...]
FMA PRESIDENT JOHN COREY – TV INTERVIEW ON BNN BLOOMBERG NEWS
FMA President, John Corey was interviewed on the BNN Bloomberg "Commodities" business program on Tuesday, June 13. The topics covered in the seven-minute interview were container shipp [...]
US WEST COAST LONGSHORE LABOUR UPDATE – TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced a tentative six-year contract covering workers at all 29 US west coast ports [...]
WESTCOAST LONGSHORE LABOUR UPDATE – JUNE 12A
Further to the previous message, here is the response from the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) to the ILWU notice.BCMEA Negotiation Update ILWU Canada Confirms Strike Vote Ma [...]
CN – TCRC AGREEMENT FOR RUNNING TRADES – RATIFIED
CN has announced ratification of the agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) covering approximately 6,000 running trade workers, which includes Locomotive Engineers, [...]
GSF AND FIATA CALL CALL FOR STRONGER DATA GOVERNANCE STANDARDS IN DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAINS
FMA is the Canadian member of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and participates on the Board of Directors and the Policy Council. GSF and FIATA, the International Federation of Freight [...]
US DHS TO LIFT COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS AT LAND-BORDER CROSSINGS
As previously reported, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 1 that, effective May 12, non-US residents entering the country at land and ferry border crossings [...]
US DHS TO LIFT COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS AT LAND-BORDER CROSSINGS
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 1 that, effective May 12, non-US residents entering the country at land and ferry border crossings will no longer have be [...]
PUBLIC SERVICE STRIKE – APRIL 19
As announced broadly by the media last evening, (April 18), no agreement was reached between the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the federal government by the 9:00 p.m. de [...]