The Port of Montréal Longshoremen’s Union, CUPE Local 375, called an unlimited strike on October 31 that directly blocks the Viau and Maisonneuve terminals.

The BC Maritime Employers Association said it would lock out workers on Monday at Canada's Port of Vancouver after a negotiating deadline

Unionized workers started an unlimited strike at two terminals of the port of Montreal on Thursday amid stalled talks on a new labor contract, the employers' association said.

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,

The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at all British Columbia ports is expected to begin at 8 a.m. The BC Maritime Employers Association has said the lockout is meant to "facilitate a safe and orderly wind-down of operations" in light of "escalating and unpredictable strike action."

The BC Maritime Employers Association said it would lock out workers on Monday at Canada's Port of Vancouver after a negotiating deadline passed, potentially disrupting exports of coal, potash and beef.

Employers have locked out more than 700 unionized workers—including in Squamish—in the latest development in a labour dispute that the union says will shut down all ports in British Columbia until further notice.

Employers at ports in British Columbia will lock out unionized supervisors, a move that threatens to freeze trade on Canada’s West Coast and add to the country’s supply chain disruptions.

Dock employers in British Columbia said they will shut out workers on Monday in response to a union’s strike notice, grinding trade to a halt at terminals across Canada’s busiest and third-busiest ports.