No contract talks were slated between union longshore workers locked out by employers at the Port of Montreal Sunday in an escalation of the labor crisis at Canada’s second-busiest container gateway.
The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) on Thursday warned of the lockout if the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 375 rejected what MEA termed a “final, comprehensive” contract offer.
The proposal calls for a 20% pay raise spread over the six years of the contract. But the union...
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