STM Maintenance Workers to Strike

This could coincide with the hosting of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Montreal.

Hydro-Québec's Syndicat des spécialistes et professionnels, which represents a quarter of its employees, is threatening to set off a five-day strike on June 9.

Members of a major Hydro-Québec union will strike on June 9 for five days, La Presse learned.

Montreal transit workers stripped of their right to strike

Quebec's labour tribunal (TAT) has suspended the right to strike of 2,400 STM support employees, who were set to begin a general strike last Sunday to revive stalled negotiations. On May 23, the TAT ruled their essential services plan insufficient. The Montreal Transport Union plans to issue a second strike notice soon. The TAT acknowledged that a strike can and must cause inconvenience. Source

STM maintenance workers to strike

The STM maintenance workers’ union plans to strike June 9.

MONTREAL — The Syndicat des employés d'maintenance de la STM announces a strike starting on June 9, which would coincide in part with the holding of the Grand Prix de Formula 1 in Montreal. The union states that "the duration of the strike and its effects will be confirmed within the next few days", but the management of the Société de transport de Montréal claims to have been informed of a strike which will take place from June 9 to 17, inclusi…