US EditionMontreal Transit Strike Averted After Tentative Deal Reached with Drivers' Union
The agreement, reached after seven days of intense talks, prevents a two-day transit strike affecting 4,500 employees pending union and STM board ratification.
- Monday, a last-minute tentative deal between Société de transport de Montréal and the union averted the planned weekend shutdown, with service running normally Saturday and Sunday.
- Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, the strike had tribunal approval after maintenance workers suspended a month-long strike and Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet failed to fast-track legislation.
- SCFP 1983 said an agreement in principle was reached Friday night, and STM CEO Marie-Claude Léonard noted compromises and confidentiality until formal adoption.
- The agreement now requires ratification by union members and the STM board of directors, with Frédéric Therrien, union president, saying members must vote through democratic structures.
- Mediation continues between STM and the union representing about 4,500 bus drivers and Metro operators, while a separate union warns of a Nov. 19 strike, blamed on chronic underfunding.
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The Toronto Star
Montreal transit strike averted after tentative deal reached with drivers’ union
MONTREAL - 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
Surprise: the metro and bus services will eventually be offered during the weekend in Montreal. A few hours before its early start, the strike of the drivers and operators, scheduled for two days, is cancelled. The union came to an agreement in principle with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).
The bus and metro drivers and the Société de transport de Montréal reached an agreement in principle on Friday night.
Winnipeg Free Press
Montreal transit strike averted after tentative deal reached with drivers' union
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
This weekend's STM strike was just cancelled — here's what we know
Montrealers got a last-minute break on Friday evening when Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced that the strike planned for November 15-16 has been cancelled. Regular metro and bus service will run this weekend as scheduled.The confirmation came via STM's own post on X. — (@) It was then echoed by Montreal's newly-elected mayor, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, who thanked all parties for reaching an agreement in principle."I want to emphas…
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