Cemetery Strike

• Deal reached in Montreal cemetery workers’ standoff that has left 300 bodies unburied

  The union confirmed that its members will be back on the job at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery on Monday after they voted 83 per cent in favour of a new agreement.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2023
  
• No deal: Workers at Canada’s largest cemetery to keep striking

  The union representing workers at the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery said a tentative deal to end a strike has fallen through.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2023
  
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• Tentative deal means Montreal cemetery could soon reopen to grieving families

  The strike by more than 100 maintenance and office workers has kept the graveyard's iron gates shut to the public since mid-January, with the exception of a few days in the spring.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2023
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• Families call on government to settle Montreal cemetery dispute; 250 bodies waiting to be buried

  Bereaved families want the government to intervene in a labour dispute at a Montreal cemetery that has lasted four months.

  Canada

  May 11, 2023
• Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery will reopen, union and management to meet next week

  The cemetery in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Monteal, which has been dealing with a strike by operations and maintenance employees, closed its gates in mid-January.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023