Back to Work in Montreal
Facing emergency back-to-work law and replacement truckers brought in by the Quebec government at twice the pay, about 250 truckers at the Port of Montreal ended their strike last month and returned to their routes.
Others whose contracts were terminated are trying to set up their own trucking company to compete for work at the port.
About 900 truck drivers, most of whom are independent owner-operators, withdrew their services Oct. 22 after two years of trying to join a union affiliated with the Confederation of National Trade Unions.
The strike had been ruled illegal.
Thirty-nine trucking companies had refused the drivers’ efforts to get a union-negotiated collective agreement.
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