Vancouver port shuts out foremen as work stoppage begins [Video]

Winnipeg | Reuters—Port of Vancouver foremen were locked out on Monday after failing to withdraw a strike notice at Canada’s largest port, CBC is reporting, potentially impacting exports of coal, potash and beef although not bulk grain shipments.

Late last week, the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association said it would lock out more than 700 foremen as a preventative step if the strike notice, issued by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, wasn’t withdrawn.

ILWU local 514 president Frank Morena said in a statement that it had only planned “limited job action” such as refusing overtime and accepting some technological changes, Canadian Press reported.

The impasse comes after a …