A 13-day-old strike that disrupted shipments at Canada’s western ports, including the Port of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, is scheduled to end after the dockworkers’ union and a group of employers agree on a tentative deal.

Announcing that a deal had been reached on Twitter, Canadian Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said, “The scale of this disruption has been significant.”

The BCMEA said, “The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada are pleased to advise that the parties have reached a tentative agreement on a new 4-year deal.”

Meanwhile, the ILWU Canada on social media concurred that an agreement is now in place, contingent upon both sides ratifying the deal.

Some 7,500 dock workers represented by the ILWU left the job on July 1 after failing to reach a new work contract with the BCMEA representing the companies involved.

The agreement includes demands from the dockworkers’ union detailing wage increases and an expansion of their jurisdiction to regular maintenance work on terminals, reported Reuters.

Photo courtesy BCMEA