US EditionNegotiations expected to resume today as Montreal public transit strike in third day
- STM maintenance workers began a strike yesterday morning in Montreal to protest changes affecting their jobs and work conditions.
- The strike responds to STM's effort to remove clauses preventing outsourcing and privatization amid rising privatization pressures in various public sectors.
- Outsourcing of bus maintenance started in the early 2000s, and since then, staff cuts and privatizations have increased, reducing necessary workers.
- The strike halted 500 of 1,500 buses overnight, and union president Bruno Jeannotte said, “My members won’t back down,” warning of more strikes if demands are ignored.
- The strike threatens significant metro and bus disruptions and implies escalating labor conflicts if STM continues outsourcing and layoffs amid privatization policies.
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Both sides accepted the offer of the Minister of Labour, Jean Boulet, to facilitate dialogue.
·Montreal, Canada
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Quebec names mediator as Montreal STM strike enters third day
The Quebec government has named a mediator in a labour dispute between Montreal’s public transit authority and its maintenance workers. About 2,400 maintenance workers have been on strike since Monday. As a result bus and metro service is limited to morning and afternoon rush hours and late at night. Labour Minister Jean Boulet says on […]
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Negotiations expected to resume today as Montreal public transit strike in third day
MONTREAL — Negotiations between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers are expected to resume today, the third day of a strike causing headaches across the network.
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