Employers Lock out Longshore Workers in Montreal After Contract Offer Rejected

Published on November 11, 2024

The employers association at the Port of Montreal locked out nearly 1,200 longshore workers Sunday night, bringing a halt to traffic at the port. The Maritime Employers Association is calling on federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon to intervene in the dispute to resolve the impasse at Canada’s second-biggest port. The employers association said it initiated the lock out at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday night after the unionized workers voted to reject a contract offer tabled last week. A spokesman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members voted 99.7 percent to reject the proposal. The workers have been without a collective agreement since Dec. 31, 2023....

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