'The last thing we need': Alberta farmers frustrated over grain workers' strike in Vancouver

Picket lines went up Tuesday at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver

A strike by grain workers at Metro Vancouver terminals is being called “devastating” for Alberta farmers, amid what’s already been a stressful year.

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Picket lines went up Tuesday at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver. More than 600 workers represented by Grain Workers Union Local 333 are off the job.

“It is devastating for the farmers, because we’re already in the middle of harvest,” said Tara Sawyer, whose family farms near the village of Acme, about 60 kilometres northeast of Calgary.