Contract negotiations are stalled over the issues of schedules, salaries and work-life balance.
Montreal longshore workers who shut down all of the Port of Montreal for 24 hours on Sunday will begin an unlimited walkout at two of the installation’s four terminals starting Thursday.
Beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, the two Termont container terminals, already the site of a three-day strike earlier in October, will be hit with an unlimited walkout.
The 1,200 members of the FTQ-affiliated Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique have refused to work overtime since Oct. 10.
An offer of special mediation from federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has been rejected.
The workers have been without a contract since Dec. 31, 2023.
The negotiations are stalled over the issues of schedules, salaries and work-life balance.