Recently in Australia, Teekay Shipping proposed a new agreement that modified leave and wage policies that was rejected by Port Headland?s tugboat engineers. The strike will now be extended, which could cost employers approximately $87 million a day. Teekay and the tugboat engineers resumed negotiations today.
See "Port Headland Strike Risk Remains as Engineers Reject Deal", Phoebe Sedgam, Bloomberg News, November 17, 2014