Parties to meet as threat of residential construction strike looms in Quebec
Monday evening, the APCHQ announced that it had presented 'a new increased exploratory offer' to the Alliance syndicale and was awaiting a response, in the hope of breaking the deadlock.
Tuesday morning, the Alliance indicated that the offer from the APCHQ was not in writing, and the situation has not changed.
The strike call, slated to start at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, remains in effect.
The Alliance notes that workers have already begun mobilizing, and it anticipates that a strike will be called unless the parties reach common ground at their meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
The Alliance syndicale includes all the construction unions, including FTQ-Construction, the Syndicat québécois de la construction, the Conseil provincial du Québec des métiers de la construction (international), the CSD-Construction and the CSN-Construction.
It represents a total of 200,000 workers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on May 27, 2025.
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