Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal say they are set to begin mediation with employers after a six-day work stoppage earlier this month.
The union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers says the two sides have agreed to enter into the process for 90 days, followed by binding arbitration.
The development marks a renewed attempt at negotiation—with outside help—after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered the restart of port operations and the launch of arbitration to reach a new contract.
The order was issued after federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon stepped in to send workers back on the job, a move the union had said it planned to challenge….