PortandTerminal.com, November 28, 2020 Imbleau replaces Sylvie Vachon who is retiring at the end of the year after a 30-year career at the Montreal Port Authority MONTREAL, Nov. 24, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) announced the appointment of Martin Imbleau to the position of President and CEO. In senior management positions for some fifteen years and having developed extensive experience …
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Port of Montreal longshore worker strike enters 9th day. No end in sight.
PortandTerminal.com, August 18, 2020 MONTREAL – The strike by longshore workers at the Port of Montreal entered its ninth day Tuesday as negotiations continued between management and the union with no end in sight. Both the provinces of Ontario and Quebec are requesting assistance from Canada’s federal government to help resolve the labor dispute at the Port of Montreal, which …
Read More »Police arrest 9 as suspects in intimidation during ongoing strike at Port of Montreal
PortandTerminal.com, August 13, 2020 MONTREAL – The Montreal Gazette is reporting that police in Montreal have arrested nine people as part of an investigation into alleged acts of intimidation used when management tried to replace striking employees at the Port of Montreal last month. The incident occurred on the third day of an earlier four-day strike, launched by a union representing …
Read More »Violence: Port of Montreal managers, security guards roughed up during strike
PortandTerminal.com, July 30, 2020 Alleged incident occurred on the third day of a four-day strike by a union representing dockworkers and maintenance staff at the port | Strike extended by one day MONTREAL, QUEBEC – The Montreal Gazette is reporting that a group of Port of Montreal managers and security guards were ambushed as they disembarked from a shuttle bus …
Read More »Port of Montreal dock workers set for another 4-day strike starting Monday
PortandTerminal.com, July 24, 2020 The strike will impact all terminals at the Port of Montreal except Empire Terminal servicing shipments to Newfoundland and the loading of grain. MONTREAL – Port of Montreal dock workers plan to walk off the job again for four days next week as ongoing negotiations over a new labour contract drag on. Work will cease on Monday …
Read More »Port of Montreal longshoremen to go on strike Thursday
PortandTerminal.com, July 1, 2020 MONTREAL – The union representing longshoremen working at the Port of Montreal confirmed Tuesday that some of its members will strike for 40 hours this week starting Thursday. The strike will last from Thursday at 3 p.m. to Saturday at 6:59 a.m. It will affect only two of the 19 terminals at the Port of Montreal, Racine …
Read More »Supreme Court tells Sikh truckers they need to wear hard hats at Port of Montreal
PortandTerminal.com, May 1, 2020 The Port of Montreal requires hard hats for all workers on its property. Three Sikh truck drivers who perform regular pickups at the port say that forcing them to wear hard hats is religious discrimination. MONTREAL – The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) has refused to hear an appeal from Sikh truckers who wanted to be …
Read More »Infrastructure bank to invest up to $227 million in Montreal port expansion
PortandTerminal.com, December 5, 2019 Canada Infrastructure Bank invests $C300 million ($US 227 million) in Port of Montreal’s expansion project upriver in Contrecoeur MONTREAL, CANADA – The Canadian Infrastructure Bank is pledging up to $300 million in financing for a new container terminal project at the Port of Montreal, though regulatory approval is still pending. The project’s total cost estimate runs …
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