STM maintenance workers’ strike resumes for two more days
Posted June 16, 2025 7:12 am.
Last Updated June 16, 2025 7:13 am.
After a break for the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend, maintenance workers at the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) are resuming their strike for two more days, Monday and Tuesday.
On both days, bus and metro service will be 100 per cent operational during morning and afternoon rush hours, as well as late evening. Outside of these periods, service will be reduced to 50 per cent of its usual rate.
The strike by 2,400 STM maintenance employees began last Monday. During the first phase of the strike, there was no service outside of essential service periods, causing numerous headaches for public transit users.
The strike was suspended for the Grand Prix weekend. Security reasons were cited as the reason for the pause, given the large number of people expected to travel to Notre-Dame Island for the motor racing event.
The nine-day strike by the Federation of Public Service Employees union, affiliated with the CSN, is scheduled to end at 10 p.m. on Tuesday.
The first real mediation meeting between STM management and the maintenance workers’ union is also scheduled to take place on Monday.
Last Friday, the mediator appointed by Quebec met separately with STM management and the union to familiarize themselves with the file and each party’s positions.
Outsourcing is the main point of contention, for the moment.
Squeezed by a tight budget, the STM says it needs flexibility. The union, for its part, says it is fighting against the privatization of certain services and for the preservation of public sector jobs.
The full schedule can be found at stm.info.
