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TRANSPORTATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Labour Action in Transportation
Work Stoppages
In 2000, the number of labour actions for air, marine and surface
transportation totalled 21. The transport sector recorded its
highest number of work stoppages in the last five years, with
a 23.5 per cent increase compared with 1999 figures. While the
bus and urban transit sector stood out clearly from the rest of
the transport industry in 1999, with eight work stoppages recorded,
or 47 per cent of the total labour actions, the water industry
ranked first with 5 stoppages in 2000. The trucking and bus and
urban transit industries each accounted for nearly one fifth of
the total stoppages with four actions recorded. The air and taxi
sectors recorded three stoppages each while there were two stoppages
in the rail industry.
Number of Workers Involved
Although it ranked first in 2000 in terms of the number of
labour actions, the water sector ranked second for the number
of workers involved in work stoppages. The labour actions occurring
in the rail sector implicated the highest number of workers, with
over 1,500 workers involved, making up to 45 per cent of the total
in 2000. All transport sectors except the taxi industry recorded
a decrease in the number of workers involved in stoppages in 2000.
Person-days Lost
The five stoppages reported in the water industry accounted
for 35 per cent of the 57,570 person-days lost in 2000. Labour
actions in Quebec accounted for 95 per cent of the person-days
lost in the water sector and for close to 60 per cent of the losses
in the truck sector. The truck and rail industries ranked second
and third, with 16,350 and 7,390 person-days lost, respectively.
Labour actions in the taxi industry accounted for 12 per cent
of the losses. Quebec accounted for 51.3 per cent of all person-days
lost due to labour actions in 2000. British Columbia and Ontario
both reported over 5,000 person-days lost, in the rail and taxi
sectors, respectively. Nova Scotia and Manitoba were not affected
by labour actions in 2000.
Table 7-24 shows the number of stoppages, workers involved,
and person-days lost due to labour actions in the transportation
industry, for the period 1996 to 2000.
Labour Action in Transportation
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