Several trucks queued down the street because they couldn't access the port facilities, slowing traffic down in both directions. The demonstration ended around 8:30 a.m.Īccording to the Montreal Port Authority, the action had a 'major impact' on port operations. before blocking Notre-Dame Street entirely. The teachers started blocking the Port of Montreal entrance at the corner of Notre-Dame and De Boucherville streets in Montreal around 6 a.m. Thursday. Union officials there also encouraged members and local residents to demonstrate outside the Outaouais offices of Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs on Thursday afternoon. Union members also blocked access to the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau at 8:45 a.m.
The FAE leadership accused the government of using a strategy of exhausting teachers, who have been picketing since Nov. The union, which represents 66,000 elementary and high school teachers in the province, rejected Quebec's latest offer Wednesday evening, calling it a 'smoke screen' with significant setbacks on its demands. Members of a striking teacher's union, the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE), blocked entrances to the ports of Montreal and Quebec City early Thursday morning, as negotiations with the provincial government appeared to stall this week. (Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada - image credit) Teachers striking with the Fédération autonome de l'enseignement (FAE) blocked the Port of Montreal for two hours Thursday morning.
