Negotiations to end a strike by grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver have stalled, with the employers91裸聊视频� association saying it91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渄isappointed91裸聊视频� with the results of two days of talks.

A statement from the Western Grain Elevator Association says the employer bargaining unit had increased its offer to settle 91裸聊视频渙utstanding issues,91裸聊视频� but that was rejected.

Picket lines went up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver Tuesday after the negotiators for about 600 employees with the Grain Workers Union Local 333 said the employers91裸聊视频� group had not 91裸聊视频渕eaningfully engaged91裸聊视频� in a dozen days of bargaining.

The statement from the Western Grain Elevator Association says the employers made a generous offer on wages 91裸聊视频渃learly ahead of the last six years91裸聊视频� of inflation curve.91裸聊视频�

Now, it says grain terminal companies have reached the end of their 91裸聊视频渇inancial ability to conclude an agreement that industry can absorb.91裸聊视频�

The statement says it will now be up to the mediator to report to the Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon, who had directed the two sides to go back to the bargaining table with the help of a federal mediator.

The Grain Workers Union did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the situation.