OTTAWA, July 21 (Reuters) - Canada's Pacific dock workers' union leadership on Friday backed a tentative contract agreement with employers and will recommend the ratification of the contract to members, likely ending a standoff that led to a 13-day strike.
On Tuesday, "there will be a stop work meeting ... to recommend the Terms of Settlement to the membership," the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) said in a statement on its Web site.
Leadership had been due to vote on Friday on whether to recommend ratification.
That strike ended last week with a tentative deal that was rejected by union leadership on Tuesday.
But the ILWU then withdrew its strike notice on Wednesday, leaving the talks in what the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) said was a "fluid and unpredictable situation."
Persons:
Prince Rupert, Steve Scherer, Aishwarya Nair, Ismail Shakil, Nick Zieminski, Grant McCool
Organizations:
OTTAWA, Warehouse Union, Leadership, British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, Canadian Manufacturers, Thomson, & ' $
Locations:
British, Vancouver, Ottawa, Bengaluru