MONTREAL — The union representing some 1,200 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal has overwhelmingly rejected a deal with their employers association, and a lockout at the facility is underway.
A spokesman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members voted 99.7 per cent to reject the latest offer.
As a result, the employer said dockworkers are locked out as of 9 p.m. Sunday with only essential services and activities unrelated to dockworkers continuing at the port. Workers are now locked out at the country's two largest ports. Port workers in British Columbia have been locked out since Monday in an ongoing contract dispute at the Port of Vancouver, the largest in Canada.
The employer said last week the offer included a three-per-cent salary increase each year for four years and a 3.5-per-cent increase for the two subsequent years. On Friday, a union official said the new offer contained just"cosmetic changes" and doesn't address issues about scheduling, a major flashpoint in talks.
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