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The ILWU urged members at Canada's West Coast ports to vote on a strike during May 8-9, after a collective agreement with the BCMEA had been under negotiation for over a year. A yes vote would allow a strike within 60 days with 72 hours' notice.
A strike would back up grain shipments into the Prairies and disrupt Canadian agricultural exports. Grain's essential-service status limits the impact, so the price effect is modest.
grainews.caGFM Network NewsMay 8, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
