Montreal transit strike: Service to ‘resume gradually’ as job action ends
Global News
A strike by the Montreal transit agency’s 2,400 maintenance workers, which limited bus and subway service to peak hours and late evenings, was scheduled to last until Nov. 28.
Montreal transit service will “resume gradually” Wednesday as a strike by unionized maintenance workers has ended.
The Montreal Transit Corporation said in a news release late Tuesday service would begin as of 6:15 a.m. Wednesday.
An agreement has yet to be reached, but talks are ongoing, STM CEO Marie-Claude Léonard said in a statement.
A strike by the transit agency’s 2,400 maintenance workers – the third so far this year – began on the evening of Oct. 31 and was scheduled to last until Nov. 28, limiting bus and subway service in Montreal to peak hours and late evenings.
Meanwhile, the union representing the agency’s 4,500 bus drivers and subway operators has planned a two-day strike this weekend, following a one-day strike on Nov. 1 that halted all service.
The maintenance workers’ strike was set to end just as the government’s new labour law was scheduled to take effect on Nov. 30. The law, adopted in the spring, gives the labour minister the power to end a dispute by imposing binding arbitration when a strike or lockout is deemed harmful to the public.
It also expands the kinds of services that must be maintained during a labour dispute to include those that ensure “the well-being of the population.”
Labour Minister Jean Boulet said Tuesday he wanted the ability to limit pressure tactics by workers of the Montreal transit agency. He said he would table a bill on Wednesday that would bring into force a new law giving the government broad power to end strikes.
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