Quebec names mediator as Montreal public transit strike in third day

A special constable from the Société de transport de Montréal locks the doors to the metro station due to the strike from STM maintenance workers in Montreal on Monday, June 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has named a mediator in a labour dispute between Montreal’s public transit authority and its maintenance workers.

About 2,400 maintenance workers have been on strike since Monday.

As a result bus and metro service is limited to morning and afternoon rush hours and late at night.

Labour Minister Jean Boulet says on social media that the mediator will be tasked with easing tensions between both sides and restoring a dialogue “conducive to negotiations.”

Talks between the transit authority and maintenance workers were scheduled to resume today.

Regular service is expected to be maintained from Friday to Sunday for the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, but will be restricted on other days until the strike is set to end on June 17.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2025.

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