Quebec residential construction strike: demonstration planned to mark one week on picket line
Posted June 3, 2025 1:40 pm.
The Alliance syndicale de la construction will mark the first week of the residential construction strike in Quebec by demonstrating Wednesday at noon in front of one of the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ) offices in Anjou.
BACKGROUND: Indefinite strike called in Quebec’s residential construction industry
The Alliance represents 200,000 workers in the construction industry, through its five union organizations. Approximately 60,000 of them work in residential construction.
The strike began at 12:01 a.m. on May 28, following unsuccessful last-ditch negotiations between the APCHQ and the Alliance.
Discussions have not yet broken off; the parties have met since the strike began. However, no meeting was scheduled for Tuesday. A mediator has already been assigned to the case to facilitate discussions.
The other three sectors of the construction industry have settled their contracts, even before the collective agreements expired on April 30. These are civil engineering/roads, industrial, and institutional/commercial.
