Port of Montreal: longshoremen reject employer’s settlement proposal
Posted April 22, 2024 4:09 pm.
Last Updated April 22, 2024 4:11 pm.
The 1,200 longshoremen at the Port of Montreal rejected, by a margin of 99.5 per cent, management’s latest offer to renew their collective agreement.
The Maritime Employers Association (MEA), which represents the employer side, had stated that this settlement proposal represented the furthest they could go in the current context.
Of the 1,206 members of this local of the FQ-affiliated Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), 1,078 were present, and rejected the employer’s offer by 99.54 per cent.
A secret ballot was held on Sunday and Monday, following a union meeting on Sunday, said CUPE.
Talks are due to continue on Monday and Tuesday. The parties have already entered a mediation phase in an attempt to reach an agreement.
Wages and job security are among the main points in dispute.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
