Insights and Stories on CUPE

Back-to-work rule for Montreal dockworkers clears Parliament

May. 1, 2021 at 2:41 am CDT

A week-long strike by dockworkers at the Port of Montreal is expected to conclude after federal back-to-work legislation passed Parliament Friday evening. Bill C-29, introduced Tuesday in the House of Commons, cleared third reading in the Commons Wednesday and received three readings in the Senate and royal assent Friday. The […]

Feds to legislate end to Montreal port strike

Apr. 27, 2021 at 2:21 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Ottawa urged to end Montreal longshoremen’s strike

Apr. 26, 2021 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Reuters

Montreal longshoremen to strike on weekends

Apr. 12, 2021 at 9:42 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Push on to prevent strike at Port of Montreal

Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:25 am CST

By Allan Dawson

Truce reached in Montreal port strike

Aug. 21, 2020 at 5:17 pm CDT

Striking longshoremen at the Port of Montreal plan to return to work Sunday morning, beginning a truce of up to seven months brokered by federal mediators. Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi announced Friday that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 375, Syndicat des debardeurs and the port’s Maritime […]

By Dave Bedard

Containerized crops may get stuck in Montreal port’s strike

Aug. 11, 2020 at 3:09 am CDT

Bulk grain traffic through the Port of Montreal isn’t expected to be affected by a longshoremen’s strike that began Monday morning, but eastbound containerized crops may be among the traffic put on hold. CUPE’s Syndicat des debardeurs Local 375, which represents about 1,150 longshoremen and longshorewomen at the port, served […]

By Dave Bedard

Insights and Stories on CUPE

Back-to-work rule for Montreal dockworkers clears Parliament

Feds to legislate end to Montreal port strike

Ottawa urged to end Montreal longshoremen’s strike

Montreal longshoremen to strike on weekends

Push on to prevent strike at Port of Montreal

Truce reached in Montreal port strike

Containerized crops may get stuck in Montreal port’s strike

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