STM professionals approve agreement reached on Dec. 31
Posted January 22, 2026 9:49 pm.
Last Updated January 23, 2026 10:49 am.
The approximately 800 professionals at the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), who had been on overtime strike, accepted the tentative agreement reached on Dec. 31 on Thursday.
The agreement between the STM and the professionals’ union was reached after more than a year of negotiations.
On Thursday, the union concerned, a local branch of the Syndicat des employé(e)s professionnel(le)s et de bureau (SEPB), which is affiliated with the FTQ, announced that 91 per cent of its members had voted in favor of the tentative agreement. According to the union, the participation rate was 86 per cent.
In a press release, the local union president, Marc Glogowski, said that the agreement “provides real job security, further regulates subcontracting, maintains existing benefits, and offers more flexibility in the organization of working hours.”
He reported wage increases of 16.5 per cent “condensed over 4.5 years and several monetary and regulatory gains.”
Prior to the agreement, professionals had been on an “overtime strike” since Dec. 17.
These professionals include engineers, architects, analysts, and consultants who work in departments such as IT, planning, infrastructure, and finance.
Another overtime strike involving 2,400 STM maintenance workers, whose union is affiliated with the CSN, ended without an agreement.
The STM has now reached agreements with three unions: the professionals’ union, the union representing 4,500 bus drivers and metro operators, and the union representing 1,300 administrative and technical employees.
In all cases, these are unions affiliated with the FTQ, namely the SEPB for professionals and the SCFP for bus drivers, metro operators, and administrative and technical employees.
