The clock is ticking on a threat by the employers association at the Port of Montreal to lockout some 1,200 dockworkers if their union doesn’t agree to a deal on what it calls a final offer last week.
Dockworkers will be locked out at 9 p.m. Sunday if a deal isn’t reached, and only essential services and activities unrelated to dockworkers will continue at the port after the deadline.
A spokeswoman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members are voting on the latest offer until 6 p.m. today and results will be released.
The employer says its new offer includes a three percent salary increase per year for four years and a 3.5 percent increase for the two subsequent years….