# Two trucking companies serving Vancouver port threaten to strike Friday - BC | Globalnews.ca

> Aheer Transportation and Prudential Transportation drivers, represented by Unifor, may strike Friday over health and dental benefits and waiting-time pay. Unifor says about 170 trucks, roughly 10 per cent of those serving the port, would be affected, and Aheer has already reached a tentative deal.

- Date: 2021-11-30 · published 2021-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44091-two-trucking-companies-serving-vancouver-port-threaten-to-strike-friday-bc
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The strike threat adds to Vancouver port congestion, which slows grain and oilseed exports from western Canada. The direct feed price effect is small.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-30 | [Container truck drivers serving Vancouver port threaten to strike \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44086-container-truck-drivers-serving-vancouver-port-threaten-to-strike-cbc-news.md) | -1.0% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-25 | [Port of Vancouver truckers threaten to strike - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44092-port-of-vancouver-truckers-threaten-to-strike-freightwaves.md) | -0.8% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-25 | [Manitoba grain producers bracing for impacts after workers at Vancouver port terminals go on strike \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28344-manitoba-grain-producers-bracing-for-impacts-after-workers-at-vancouver-port.md) | +0.9% | -6.0% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-29 | [Port of Vancouver truckers issue strike notice - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43626-port-of-vancouver-truckers-issue-strike-notice-dredgewire-dredgewire.md) | -1.1% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2026-10-06 | [Vancouver strike halts Canada grain exports at major port](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17139-vancouver-strike-halts-canada-grain-exports-at-major-port.md) | -0.8% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- globalnews.ca: https://globalnews.ca/news/8413257/vancouver-truckers-strike/

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