Montreal dockworkers hold one-day strike to put pressure on employer

MONTREAL — Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal are off the job for 24 hours amid a labour dispute with their employer. The union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers at the country’s second biggest port served notice Thursday for a complete work stoppage from 7 a.m.

Sunday until Monday morning. The move comes on top of an ongoing strike on overtime shifts and a three-day strike at two container terminals that ended earlier this month. The Maritime Employers Association says the work stoppage includes the Montreal port and the Contrecoeur terminal, but that activities related to grain vessels and the supply of Newfoundland and Labrador will be maintained in line with a decision of the Canadian Industrial Relations Board.



It said last week it hopes to reach an agreement at the bargaining table, but the parties remain at an impasse after 35 mediation meetings over 15 months. A spokesperson for the union said the striking workers are holding a special general assembly Sunday morning but did not release details of the agenda..