Resulting from seven days of intensive bargaining, CUPE 1983, representing the 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators, station agents and paratransit drivers at the Société de transport de Montréal, STM, has just announced that it reached a tentative agreement with the employer yesterday. This tentative agreement avoids the strike.
“Our goal was to reach a settlement, and we did it. Now, it will be put to our members, who will decide through the democratic structures set out in our bylaws and regulations,” declared Frédéric Therrien, president of CUPE 1983.
No further comment will be made on the content of the agreement until it has been shared with the members. The consultation process will begin as soon as possible, and all members will be asked to vote on the new collective agreement by the end of the year.