5 d. ago Montreal transit strike leads to extra traffic on some bike paths

MONTREAL — The head of a cycling advocacy group says Montreal’s public transit strike has spurred record numbers on the city’s bike paths. Jean-Francois Rheault, CEO of Velo Quebec, says devices installed by the city to count the number of passing bicycles are showing record or near-record levels since the strike began Monday. “Nobody wanted […]

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5 d. ago Quebec names mediator as Montreal public transit strike in third day

MONTREAL — Quebec’s labour minister says he has named a mediator in a labour dispute between Montreal’s public transit authority and its maintenance workers that has limited bus and metro service across the city. About 2,400 maintenance workers have been on strike since Monday after more than a year of negotiating. As a result, buses […]

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6 d. ago Negotiations expected to resume as Montreal public transit strike enters 3rd day

Negotiations between Montreal's public transit authority and its maintenance workers are expected to resume on the third day of a strike causing headaches across the network.

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6 d. ago Letters June 11, 2025: ‘Unions are no longer needed, and teachers can pound salt.’

Let them go Re: Alberta Teachers Vote 95 Per Cent In Favor Of Strike Action… Today, our present day workforce needs unions like this nation needing another decade of Justin Trudeau on the throne in Ottawa. Unions had their time in history – back in the early 1800’s. But that was over 200 years ago. […]

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6 d. ago New Jersey Transit train engineers OK tentative deal that ended strike which had halted NYC routes

New Jersey Transit’s train engineers have overwhelmingly approved a tentative deal that ended their three-day strike last month that halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes to Newark airport and across the Hudson River to New York City. The agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced the results Tuesday. They […]

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7 d. ago Montreal bus, subway services disrupted as transit maintenance workers strike

MONTREAL — Montreal’s transit maintenance workers have started a nine-day strike that is causing widespread disruption in the network. The 2,400 workers began striking today after more than a year of negotiations. For the first three days of the strike bus and subway service will be limited to morning and afternoon rush hours and late […]

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2 w. ago Union Remains at the Table – WSIB Stalls as Strike Continues

TORONTO — The union representing frontline workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) remains fully committed to reaching a fair deal and ending the ongoing strike. Union negotiators have been at the bargaining table every day this week, prepared and available to bargain in good faith. Despite our continued presence and dedication, the […]

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