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 now appears imminent.
A spokesman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members voted 99.7 per cent to reject the latest offer.
Dockworkers will be locked out at 9 p.m. Sunday, and only essential services and activities unrelated to dockworkers will continue at the port after the deadline.The employer has called the deal its"final, comprehensive offer." The Maritime Employers Association tabled on Thursday evening what it described as a"final, comprehensive offer," and called on the union to reply by 8 p.m. Sunday whether it would accept the six-year pact. The offer came with a 72-hour lockout notice.
The association added that it is asking longshore workers to provide at least one hour’s notice when they will be absent from a shift — instead of one minute — to help reduce management issues"which have a major effect on daily operations."
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