Montreal\u2019s blue-collar workers are into the third day of a citywide strike, with a large rally taking place Friday in front of City Hall as labour tensions continue between the union and the City of Montreal.<\/p>\n
The strike, led by the Syndicat des cols bleus regroup\u00e9s de Montr\u00e9al (CUPE 301), began Wednesday at 6 a.m. and is scheduled to last until Saturday at 6 a.m. It involves about 6,200 municipal employees across roughly 180 job classifications.<\/p>\n
The demonstration brought workers together as negotiations remain stalled mainly over wages. While both sides have reportedly reached agreement on non-monetary issues, the central dispute remains the union\u2019s demand for a minimum 20 per cent salary increase. The union argues the increase is needed to offset the rising cost of living and maintain purchasing power.<\/p>\n
The City of Montreal has proposed an 11 per cent wage increase spread over five years, citing financial constraints. Union representatives say the offer would effectively result in a loss of real income for workers.<\/p>\n
The collective agreement expired on December 31, 2024, and discussions between the two sides are ongoing.<\/p>\n
As the strike continues to disrupt municipal services, Notre-Dame-related access has also been affected, with Notre-Dame facilities closed Thursday amid the labour action.<\/p>\n
The walkout is expected to continue through Saturday morning unless an agreement is reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal\u2019s blue-collar workers are into the third day of a citywide strike, with a large rally taking place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-610369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}