STM returns to full service for Grand Prix weekend
A three-day reprieve from reduced transit service began Friday, with métro and buses returning to their regular schedules despite the STM maintenance workers' strike.
The full-day, regular-frequency service will last until Sunday, coinciding with Grand Prix weekend. It is part of the strike plan approved by the Tribunal administratif du travail, Quebec's labour tribunal, which deemed the reprieve necessary to accommodate the influx of transit riders attending the event.
Transit service will return to 50 per cent frequency outside peak hours Monday and Tuesday, the last days of the nine-day strike.
The STM and union are set to meet with the newly appointed mediator Friday. Both sides and the mediator plan to return to the bargaining table Monday.
The union and employer remain far apart on key issues, union president Bruno Jeannotte said Thursday, including on the STM's proposal to use subcontractors.
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