STM maintenance workers end strike, begin mediation with public transit agency
From CKUT Local Journalism Initiative · 00:02:32
Show by Jules Bugiel
Episode Notes Tuesday marks the final day of a nine-day strike by maintenance workers at Montreal’s public transit agency, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). Union leadership told reporters early on Tuesday morning that meetings have begun with a provincially appointed mediator. The union would like to reach an agreement by the end of the summer – but said another strike was not off the table, if talks did not progress. Workers say the STM is trying to change workers’ schedules and outsource some of the labour currently done by union members. The union is also seeking a 25 percent salary increase over five years. The STM is offering 11 percent. STM Director-General Marie-Claude Léonard said in a statement that the mediator is “a step in the right direction.”
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