{"id":709913,"date":"2026-06-02T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709913\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:37:09","slug":"strike-action-looming-at-marine-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/709913\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Action Looming at Marine Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/alasuinu.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Strike Action Looming at Marine Atlantic\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ala\u2019suinu (Marine Atlantic)<\/p>\n<p>Just as the busy tourism season gets underway, a potential strike is looming at Marine Atlantic. <\/p>\n<p>Last month UNIFOR indicated that conciliated talks with Marine Atlantic had broken down. <\/p>\n<p>The negotiations involve two bargaining units: Local 4285 which represents quartermasters, deckhands, life raft maintainers, and engine room assistants \u2013 and Local 4286 which represents senior chief stewards, chief stewards, pursers, and senior chief cooks.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the union indicated that it had filed an application with the Canada Industrial Relations Board to determine what, if any, services could be deemed essential in the event of a strike. The union claims the company\u2019s response \u201crelied on outdated conditions that do not reflect current operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conciliation expires next Monday, followed by a 21-day cooling off period before a possible strike or lockout. <\/p>\n<p>Placentia Mayor Jamie Neville is urging both sides to find a resolution, noting that demand for services in Argentia has  reached \u201cunprecedented levels\u201d and they\u2019re \u201cpoised to deliver one of the strongest tourism seasons in decades.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He is warning that \u201cany disruption to ferry services would have \u201csignificant consequences,\u201d including the movement of essential goods into the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The Ala\u2019suinu (Marine Atlantic) Just as the busy tourism season gets underway, a potential strike is looming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-709913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}