School Transport : the threat of strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday in Montreal

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Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:01

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MONTREAL – Nearly 15,000 students on the island of Montreal could be affected next week by a strike in the transport sector school.

The drivers unionized of the transmission business, Transco voted Tuesday to 98 percent for the renewal of a strike mandate next week, possibly Tuesday and Wednesday, if no agreement is reached by that time. They also rejected the latest offers of employers to 98 %.

According to the union, the two parties are scheduled to meet next Monday.

The negotiations are unsuccessful primarily on the question of wages.

According to the union, the management of the company proposes a wage freeze for the first two years and, for three subsequent, ” 50 % of the CPI in wage increases, only half of what the school board pays them for this purpose “, that laments the trade Union of workers of Transco-CSN (STTT-CSN).

Belonging to the american First Student, the company, Transco will serve a number of educational pathways, Montreal. The union represents nearly 330 drivers cause approximately 300 route of transport to school in Montreal.

If the strike is triggered, the students of the Commission scolaire de Montréal and the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys will be affected, just like those of the English Montreal school Board, Lester B. Pearson, and the College Sainte-Anne.

“This is never from gaiety of heart, that we decide to trigger a strike, especially when we know that it will affect thousands of students that we know well and we care for all school days,” said Carole Laplante, president of the STTT-CSN.