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Montreal dockers return to work

Striking longshoremen in the Canadian port of Montreal have agreed to return to work from 7am on Monday 24 August, local time, following a two-week strike that has seen millions of dollars’ worth of cargo stranded on the quay or unable to land at the port.

Following the intervention of the federal government and the agreement by both the union, the International Longshoremen’s Union 375 (CUPE), representing 1,125 dockers, and the Maritime Employer’s Association (MEA), the two sides have agreed a...

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Montreal dockers and employers seek negotiated strike settlement

Hopes of a solution to the Montreal dockers dispute increased yesterday as unions and the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) sat down to serious negotiations with the government’s Labour Minister Filomena Tassi, who previously said she would not intervene, acting as an arbitrator.

Tensions once again increased over the last few days as the MEA threatened to bring in outside labour to move some 477 containers of mainly surgical or medical protective equipment currently among the 11,000...

https://container-news.com/montreal-dockers-and-employers-seek-negotiated-strike-settlement/

Montreal dockers strike is “devastating” for local industry

Industrial action at the Port of Montreal is already hitting regional industries hard and will have a devastating effect on employment in the Greater Montreal area, according to the Quebec Council of Employers (Conseil du patronat du Québec or CPQ).

Karl Blackburn CEO at the CPQ, which is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal (CCMM) which called for government intervention in the strike on 10 August to Container News, that some factories have already had to stop...

https://container-news.com/montreal-dockers-strike-is-devastating-for-local-industry/