Montreal blue-collar workers start 24-hour strike Wednesday
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Blue-collar workers with the City of Montreal are holding a 24-hour strike that began Wednesday at 6 a.m. and continues until Thursday 5:59 a.m.
The near 6,000 city workers provide services such as snow removal, garbage collection, road maintenance, park maintenance and water services among others.
There will be no household garbage, recycling, or compost collection during the strike and some municipal facilities, including arenas, will be closed.
The province's labour tribunal, the Tribunal administratif du travail, approved an agreement reached between the city and the union representing the blue-collar workers, regarding the level of essential services to be maintained.
"The Tribunal considers that, given that the strike is taking place in the middle of winter and will only last 24 hours, the absence of garbage, recycling, and compost collection does not threaten public health or safety."
Under the agreement, services that will be maintained include snow-plow operations and pothole repairs, as well as the cleaning of parks and public spaces and any water main work.
Snow clearing and the the spreading of salt and abrasives will be carried out, but only under specific conditions laid out by the labour tribunal.
Blue collar workers have been without a collective agreement since Dec. 31, 2024, with pay increase being a main sticking point.
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