News / Ban on overtime at port of Montreal a threat to supply chains, says MPA

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Canada’s port of Montreal (MPA) is “concerned” about the supply chain impacts of the port workers’ overtime strikes that began yesterday morning.  

The ban on overtime started at 7am, after notice filed by the Longshoremen’s Union Local 375, and is set to last “indefinitely”.  

The Montreal Port Authority said it “remains concerned about the impact of pressure tactics on the logistics chain and on the supply of goods and commodities for businesses and the public”. 

It explained that all MPA terminals ...