MONTREAL - Metro and bus service in Montreal is expected to be disrupted nearly every day this November because of a transit strike involving about 2,400 maintenance workers and separate strike action by nearly 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators and other transit employees.

Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 28, buses and metros will operate only during morning and afternoon rush hours, and late at night, due to the strike by the maintenance workers. The schedule was decided by a provincial labour tribunal mandated to determine the minimal level of service required for public health and safety.

Late Thursday afternoon, the tribunal also approved a separate one-day strike by bus drivers, metro operators and other employees that would shut down all metro and regular bus service for 24 hours, startin

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