As municipal blue-collar staff are set to start their three-day strike Wednesday, Metropolis officers mentioned important companies will proceed with out interruption.
Blue-collar staff have introduced their third walkout from 6 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, to six a.m. on Saturday, April 18 demanding higher wages.
Authorities mentioned emergency companies and different work deemed to be important for public well being and security won’t be affected, together with:
- Emergencies (distinctive and pressing conditions not lined by the settlement, conditions that endanger public well being and security, or emergencies declared by municipal authorities)
- Restore of site visitors indicators and indicators broken because of an accident, amongst different causes
- Avenue cleanup following an accident, security pruning, and tree removing (emergency response relating to public timber)
- Street repairs (main potholes and sinkholes)
- Cleansing of public areas to make sure protected coexistence
- Operations associated to sewers and water mains
- Preventive inspections of municipal arenas
- Operations associated to spring flooding in sure boroughs (Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Île-Bizard)
- Operations associated to ingesting water manufacturing and wastewater remedy
- Upkeep of residing collections (animal, plant and bugs)
Family waste assortment within the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, scheduled for Wednesday will proceed as a part of important companies, and the gathering scheduled for Thursday will probably be postponed to Saturday, in keeping with the administration.
The Metropolis will droop parking restrictions associated to road upkeep operations on all three days of the strike. Different parking laws stay in impact, together with these relating to metered parking, on-street parking zones reserved for residents, limited-time zones, in addition to reserved lanes, areas reserved for individuals with lowered mobility, and secured zones (e.g., fireplace hydrants).
The administration additionally mentioned that there possibly adjustments to companies through the strike interval.
Montrealers are requested to seek the advice of the Metropolis’s website or name 311 earlier than heading to municipal amenities to make sure they’re supplied.
The three-day strike is the third walkout that 5,500 blue-collar staff belonging to the Canadian Union of Public Staff (CUPE), affiliated with the FTQ. Staff staged a one-day walkout in February.
The union and the Metropolis have been in negotiations since February 2025. The earlier collective settlement expired on Dec. 31, 2024.