Longshoring activity at the Port of Montreal is set to grind to a halt as an employers’ group locks out 1,200 union members.
November 10, 2024 at 8:41PM EST
The Maritime Employers Association gave the Longshoremen’s Union a deadline of Sunday at 8 p.m. New York time to respond to an offer that included about a 20% pay raise over six years. The total average compensation of a longshore worker would rise to more than C$200,000 per year by the end of the contract, the employers’ group said.
“The Maritime Employers Association deplores the negative outcome of the vote held by the Montréal Longshoremen’s Union on the final and comprehensive offer tabled on Thursday, and has no choice but to declare a lockout as of 9 p.m. this evening,” the MEA said in a statement Sunday.A few services, including a Viterra grain terminal, would continue operating, the port said last week.
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