Because they failed to reach a labor agreement with their employers, Montreal dock workers in Canada launched a 4-day strike on Monday morning.
The original strike action plan started at 07:00 on Monday and ended at 06:59 on Friday.
To this day the strike continued fermentation, the Executive Committee of the Montreal Port Alliance announced continued 24 hours strike will begin tomorrow and ends Saturday!
During this separate 24-hour strike, the terminal will remain closed to ensure the progress of all strikes.
Union members belonging to the Canadian Public Employees Union will not provide any mooring services during the strike , except to provide supplies to Newfoundland and Labrador and to supply grain ships in order to comply with the decision of the Canadian Industrial Relations Commission.
The union stated that the controversy mainly focused on working hours.
Union spokesperson Michel Murray said: “The current situation is that, 365 days a year, except for public holidays and when the port is closed, dock workers need to work for 19 consecutive days out of 21 days.
Workers can only get two days of rest after working for 19 consecutive days, which makes our life and work a serious imbalance. “
The port stated that the strike does not affect the handling of liquid bulk cargo, Oceanex services or grain terminal services.
The Port of Montreal Authority described in an email on Monday that the current situation is “controllable”, but some ships have slowed down or will be docked for a few days, and two other ships have been on Monday. Leave in the morning. Necessary measures will be taken to make up for the delay caused by this special situation.
The container terminals that will be affected by the strike include the Racine and Cast container terminals operated by the Montreal Gateway Terminal Cooperative (MGTP).
The shipping companies that these two terminals serve include CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Orient Overseas, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk Line.
This is not the first time port workers at the Port of Montreal have gone on strike.
Earlier this month, dockers in Montreal had gone on a 40-hour strike.
Obviously, the effects of the last strike did not meet the expectations of the dock workers.
