Canadian Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday moved to intervene in port labor disputes in Montreal, Vancouver and Quebec City by asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to order an end to work stoppages and impose binding arbitration.
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“As the economic losses threaten the country and begin to...
When Port of Montreal longshore workers voted against accepting “the last and final offer” presented by employers this past Thursday, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), as it had said it would, imposed a lockout as of 9.00 p.m. Sunday. And this morning, on the first day of the lockout, the CEO of the Montreal Port Authority (MPA), Julie Gascon, warned about the severe economic consequences of a prolonged dispute for Montreal, Quebec, and all of Canada.
We deplore the negative outcome...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/port-of-montreal-lockout-starts/
The labor situation at the Port of Montreal has gotten no better over the past few days and yesterday evening, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), ,which represents maritime employers in both Quebec and Ontario, submitted what it called “a final, comprehensive offer” to the longshoremen’s union, CUPE Local 375, to end the impasse in the current negotiations, which has had major consequences for Quebec and Canadian businesses.
It is asking the union for a reply to its offer by a deadline of...
No good news on the long-running Port of Montreal labor dispute. The Longshoremen’s Union, CUPE Local 375, has called a 24 hour strike from Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 7:00 a.m. to Monday, October 28, 2024, at 6:59 a.m.
The Maritime Employers Association (MEA), which represents maritime employers in both Quebec and Ontario, says that strike will mean a complete stoppage of work on Port of Montreal territory, including the Contrecœur terminal.
“We recall that the strike called on September 30 by...
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...
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/
Longshoremen in the Port of Montreal are about to escalate the long-running dispute with the Maritime Employers Association (MEA).
The two sides will continue to negotiate over the weekend to try and avert an indefinite strike, but with both sides claiming they offered a truce, which was rejected by their opposite numbers, it seems the MEA and the dockers remain far from a resolution.
Chief negotiator for the Longshoremen’s Union Local 375 (CUPE) Michel Murray told Container News, that the union...
https://container-news.com/montreal-dockers-to-start-unlimited-strike/
Dockers unions in the Canadian port of Montreal have said they are prepared to strike again next week after negotiations with the employers’ representatives, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), appear to have stalled.
The current strike is due to end at 7am on Friday 7 August, and the 72 hour notice necessary to allow for another stoppage will be immediately served with the strike expected to start the following Monday, Chief negotiator for the Longshoremen’s Union Local (375 CUPE) Michel...
https://container-news.com/more-montreal-strikes-expected-next-week/
Port of Montreal longshore workers have walked off the job again.
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) braced for terminal delays or operations stoppages after the longshore members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) launched a four-day strike Monday morning.
“We have counted seven vessels that could experience direct impacts,” Melanie Nadeau, the MPA’s director of communications, said Tuesday. “Four are experiencing delays or have to change their navigation strategy. For the other...
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Trade union officers have condemned the use of ‘scab’ labour to move cargo in Montreal following a reported 99% vote in support of strike action.
Employer’s representatives have said that one of the terminal operators at Montreal Port used “management staff to make things secure”.
“A company… used some executives to perform certain tasks, in accordance with the provisions of law, for safety purposes and to free the railways,” a port insider told Container News.
Unions saw the move as provocative...
https://container-news.com/tension-in-montreal-as-union-condemns-use-of-scab-labour/