Montreal’s blue-collar workers are set to strike for three more days

A city worker clears pebbles and gravel from a street in Montreal, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

Blue-collar workers for the City of Montreal have announced three more days of strike action in mid-April.

The strike notice states that the walkout will take place from 6 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, to 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 18.

Members of this local chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), affiliated with the FTQ, already walked off the job for one day in February.

Essential services must be provided. Management and the union will need to discuss the matter, and regardless of whether they reach an agreement, the Administrative Labour Tribunal will be called upon to rule on whether these services are sufficient to ensure public health and safety.

The collective bargaining agreement expired on Dec. 31, 2024.

Wages are the main point of contention. The union reported on Friday that the normative clauses have been settled.

-By Lia Lévesque

- This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on March 27, 2026.