Montreal dockworkers to stop all overtime work as contract talks drag on – Montreal [Video]

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal plan to halt all overtime work starting later this week in a pressure tactic aimed at management as contract talks grind on.

The union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers at the port said Monday it has filed notice that the “overtime strike” will kick off at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday and continue indefinitely.

“We’re ready to negotiate intensively, but since the employer is dragging its feet, we’re putting a little pressure on it to devote its energies to finding a solution,” said Michel Murray, a spokesman for the union local affiliated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

He said scheduling remains a key stumbling block in the bargaining sessions, which resumed on Friday under the watch of two federal mediators.

The discussions restarted after a three-day strike last week at two terminals that handle 41 per cent of container traffic at the country’s second-largest port.

The dockworkers have …