Montreal transit strike threat lifted with late-night agreement between STM and union
Global News
A last-minute tentative deal between the STM and its drivers’ union has averted a planned weekend strike, meaning regular bus and metro service will continue.
Bus and metro service is set to continue in Montreal this weekend after the city’s public transit network reached a last-minute, tentative deal with its drivers’ union, averting planned strike action.
The strike was set to begin early Saturday and last until Monday, but the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) says it reached a tentative deal late Friday, meaning regular bus and metro service will continue this weekend.
The union has said working conditions for drivers have deteriorated. In a statement, union head Frederic Therrien said the deal meets their goal of resolving the conflict at the bargaining table.
“Our goal was to reach a negotiated agreement, and we have achieved it,” he said. “Now it will be up to the members to decide through the democratic structures provided for in our bylaws and regulations.”
The STM is considered an “essential service” according to the website and the transit service says all measures were taken to ensure swift action.
Essential services are those deemed necessary to protect public health and safety and must be maintained during a labour dispute (strike). Although going on strike is a union prerogative, the STM and the union in question have held discussions on the services to be maintained,” the company’s website read.
This agreement was then reviewed and approved by the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT).
Therrien said there will be no further comment until the deal has been ratified by the union’s roughly 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators and station agents.
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