City of Montreal blue-collar workers will begin a three-day strike starting at 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
The strike by the Montreal Blue Collar Workers Union, which will last until 6 a.m. on April 18, involves essential services. Staffing will therefore be reduced and several services will be affected.
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The parties have already agreed on this matter and the Administrative Labour Tribunal recently ruled that the list of these services was sufficient so as not to affect public health or safety.
The local branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), affiliated with the FTQ, represents 6200 members in the City of Montreal, in 180 job titles.
This will be the second strike by blue-collar workers as part of the current negotiations for the renewal of their collective agreement, which expired on December 31, 2024. Previously, they held a one-day strike on Feb. 4.
The dispute mainly concerns salaries. Facing a difficult financial situation, the City is offering an 11 per cent increase over five years. “There is no room for maneuver,” Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada stated during the first day of the blue-collar workers’ strike, in an interview with the Réseau de l’information (RDI).
The Blue-Collar Workers Union counters that accepting such an increase “would inevitably lead to the impoverishment” of its members.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
