Another strike will affect a ferry this weekend, the one that connects Sorel-Tracy to Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola.
The strike is scheduled to last two days, from Saturday 6 a.m. to Sunday 7 p.m.
Some 70 employees, members of a local section of the Steelworkers union, affiliated with the FTQ, will walk off the job during these two days. These include deckhands, boarding attendants, cashiers, office attendants and other job titles.
The dispute mainly concerns salaries. Negotiations with the Société des traversiers du Québec have been going on for several months already.
These union members are demanding increases to allow them to obtain compensation similar to that received by those who occupy similar positions elsewhere in the industry.
These workers have already given themselves a 10-day strike mandate to be exercised at the appropriate time. The dates of the next walkouts have not yet been decided.
The Ferry Company has already deplored the resort to strike action, which affects citizens, arguing that negotiations are still continuing.
Last weekend, five ferries were affected by a two-day walkout, including the one between Sorel-Tracy and Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola. However, these were other employees, namely navigation officers and engineering officers.