Containers Halted as Montreal Dockworkers Locked Out
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 rejected the proposal, saying it doesn’t...
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