Hundreds of STM buses will be missing from the daily fleet starting next month as a strike on overtime work that began Thursday will have long-lasting effects, the city’s transit agency said.

The Tribunal administratif du travail issued a statement Wednesday approving a month-long strike of all overtime work by maintenance workers. The strike officially began Thursday and will last until Jan. 11. During that time, the STM’s maintenance union will do no overtime work, but the union has agreed to ensure there are enough personnel to respond to extreme weather events.

On Thursday, STM CEO Marie-Claude Léonard said about 15 per cent of the bus fleet’s daily trips will have to be cancelled during the first week of January because she expects immobilized buses will pile up during the strike.

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