Overview

• The strike began at midnight on May 28 after last-minute talks between the union alliance and the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec collapsed
• The employer offered an 18 percent wage increase spread over four years in hopes of ending the work stoppage
• Union negotiators are demanding raises of 22 percent for crews on five-to-six storey buildings and 24.3 percent for those on smaller projects
• Only residential construction workers have walked off the job, even though the alliance represents roughly 200,000 workers across multiple construction sectors
• The stoppage threatens to delay housing developments in Montreal, Pointe-Claire and other regions as deadlines for new residential projects approach