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B.C. ports lockout: Union claims employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour

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Union for locked-out port workers in B.C. says employers cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday .

Union says employers are using “confrontational tactics” to avoid negotiating a new collective agreement.

ILWU Local 514 president Frank Morena says the employers are trying to force the federal government to intervene.

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