The leaders of the Common Front are doing everything they can to manipulate the contract ratification process and demobilize workers, including keeping most details of the agreements secrets and dragging out voting till mid-February.
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The Canadian government passed a back-to-work legislation late on Friday to end a strike that began at the Port of Montreal this week by workers over changes to their work schedules.
Labor Minister Filomena Tassi said in a statement that the bill has received royal assent, ending the strike, and added that all port operations must resume when the law comes into effect on Saturday.
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees Quebec’s 1,125 longshore workers at the port, the second biggest in Canada, have called the new work schedules by the Maritime Employers Association unfair and have demanded that they be withdrawn. They began their second strike in less than a year on Monday.
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MONTREAL, April 26 (Reuters) - Dockworkers at Canada’s second-largest port on Monday began their second strike in less than a year, as business leaders urged Ottawa to quickly end a walkout they said could cost the economy C$25 million ($20 million) a day.
The federal Liberal government said on Sunday it would introduce special legislation to end the strike at the Port of Montreal, hoping to stop it from hurting the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unionized workers, in talks for a new contract since 2018, started a partial strike last week and warned they were prepared to walk off the job completely to protest changes to their work schedule.
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OTTAWA The Canadian government unveiled back-to-work legislation on Tuesday to end a strike at the Port of Montreal, and later received opposition support that should guarantee its passage.
The Liberal government said it was disappointed talks between unions and employers had broken down. Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole said he would support the bill, which now may be voted on as early as Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority government needs votes from at least one opposition party to pass legislation.