Montreal Cemetery
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Family celebrates funeral months after loved one’s passing due to cemetery labour disputeThe Stratigopolous family was living grief all over again Monday after they were finally able to lay George Stratigopolous, months after he passed away.CanadaNov 20, 2023
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Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery reopens to visitors, burials resumeMontreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery is striving to carry out 50 burials a week. The hope is to clear the backlog of burials by December.CanadaSep 11, 2023
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Grieving families relieved to see workers at Canada’s largest cemetery back on siteMaintenance workers at the cemetery, Canada's largest, who had been on strike since January, returned to work Monday after reaching a deal with their employer.CanadaJul 17, 2023
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Deal reached in Montreal cemetery workers’ standoff that has left 300 bodies unburiedThe 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.CanadaJul 13, 2023
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Grievers protest months-long cemetery standoff that’s left over 300 bodies unburiedThe labour dispute has left more than 300 bodies unburied, with the remains stored at freezing temperatures in an on-site repository.CanadaJul 9, 2023
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Tentative deal means Montreal cemetery could soon reopen to grieving familiesThe 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.CanadaJun 15, 2023
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Canada’s biggest cemetery has been closed for 5 months. Families are now calling on the province to interveneMore than 250 bodies have gone unburied this year at a Montreal cemetery as a result of a labour standoff, with the remains stored at freezing temperature in an on-site repository.CanadaMay 14, 2023
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Families call on government to settle Montreal cemetery dispute; 250 bodies waiting to be buriedBereaved families want the government to intervene in a labour dispute at a Montreal cemetery that has lasted four months.CanadaMay 11, 2023
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Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery will reopen, union and management to meet next weekThe 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.CanadaMar 22, 2023
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Families feel like ‘prisoners’ amid labour dispute at Montreal cemeteryFamilies are waiting to bury their loved ones amid a strike at a Montreal cemetery that has stalled in-ground burials for over two months.CanadaMar 21, 2023
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