US EditionHope for a deal at Le Massif ski resort as employees to vote on mediator proposal
About 300 unionized workers voted 91% in favor of a five-year deal with 3–5% annual raises to end the strike and resume ski operations.
- On Jan. 22, 2026, employees at Le Massif de Charlevoix will vote on a mediator's new proposal, the CSN union said it will be presented at a general assembly.
- About 300 unionized workers have been on strike since Jan. 2, with wages as the main sticking point in the dispute.
- Le Massif de Charlevoix announced Monday it had cancelled the rest of the season after failing to reach an agreement with striking unionized employees.
- The resort said it closed because it couldn't guarantee safe ski conditions without artificial snow-making, citing the inability to restart snow-making as the operational reason for shutdown.
- The closure has sent shock waves through the Charlevoix region northeast of Quebec City, whose economy depends heavily on winter tourism, straining local winter-tourism businesses and about 300 workers.
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After 20 days of strike, the employees of the Massif de Charlevoix accepted a proposal for an agreement on Thursday and returned to work. The station, which pleaded that union members had to return to work by Tuesday without which the season would be in the water, has to reopen Saturday.
Union members of the Massif de Charlevoix agreed 91% to a conciliator's proposal, ending the strike.
Winnipeg Free Press
Hope for a deal at Le Massif ski resort as employees to vote on mediator proposal
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
The unionized workers of the Massif de Charlevoix approved 91% of the agreement-in-principle reached yesterday with the employer. They will receive wage increases of 5% for 2026, 4% for the following year and 3% for 2029 and 2029 and 4% for 2030. However, for the last three years, the increase [...]
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