Public transit in Montreal faced major disruptions Monday as nearly 2,400 maintenance workers with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) launched a two-week strike, affecting metro and bus service three days a week until Oct. 5.

The job action follows over a year of failed negotiations between the union and STM management, with salary increases, inflation concerns, and subcontracting at the heart of the dispute.

“We’re on strike. We don’t like to be on strike,” said Caroline Senneville, president of the CSN, the union representing STM maintenance workers. “We’ve been negotiating for over a year — there have been more than 100 sessions — and the STM hasn’t budged a cent on their first offer on our salaries. For us, that’s not acceptable.”

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