TORONTO—Striking dockworkers at the Port of Montreal reached an agreement Friday to end an 11-day-old strike that had shut Canada’s second-busiest port. The longshore workers’ union at the Port of Montreal said its workers agreed to a truce with the Maritime Employers Association, which represents shipping companies at the port. The agreement ends a standoff that had caused shipping companies to reroute cargo to other ports in Canada and the U.S. The longshore workers’ union has been pressing for better scheduling, arguing that workers who are asked to be on call for 19 out of every 21 days have no work-life balance. “The industry is trying to catch up with demand, and it’s having trouble sourcing materials it needs to recover,” he said.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 21, 2020 16:18 UTC