'It undermines collective bargaining and sweeps everything under the rug, instead of addressing the underlying issues that led to the crisis in the first place,' he said.Įidlin said public support for strikers has remained high, especially among those most affected like parents, who 'understand the link between quality public services and quality public sector wages and working conditions.' 'With labour negotiations, it's usually darkest before dawn,' he said on CBC Montreal's Daybreak.Įidlin said it would be 'a huge step back' for the government to issue back-to-work legislation. (Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada)īoth the union and the government have said they want to reach an agreement by the holidays and Hubert said she still has hope that's possible.īarry Eidlin, a sociology professor specializing in labour issues at McGill University, agrees. The Port of Montreal said the strike action had a 'major impact' on operations Thursday. Teachers on strike under the FAE blocked Montreal's port Thursday morning. Between 500 and 800 trucks, about 25 per cent of the port's morning traffic, were unable to make their transactions. Several trucks queued down the street because they couldn't access the port facilities, slowing traffic down in both directions. The demonstration ended around 8:30 a.m.Īccording to the Montreal Port Authority, the action had a 'major impact' on port operations. before blocking Notre-Dame Street entirely. The teachers started blocking the Port of Montreal entrance at the corner of Notre-Dame and De Boucherville streets in Montreal around 6 a.m. Thursday. Union officials there also encouraged members and local residents to demonstrate outside the Outaouais offices of Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs on Thursday afternoon. Union members also blocked access to the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau at 8:45 a.m. The FAE leadership accused the government of using a strategy of exhausting teachers, who have been picketing since Nov.

The union, which represents 66,000 elementary and high school teachers in the province, rejected Quebec's latest offer Wednesday evening, calling it a 'smoke screen' with significant setbacks on its demands. Members of a striking teacher's union, the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE), blocked entrances to the ports of Montreal and Quebec City early Thursday morning, as negotiations with the provincial government appeared to stall this week. (Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada - image credit) Teachers striking with the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE) blocked the Port of Montreal for two hours Thursday morning.

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