Citing a 24 percent drop in cargo handling since 2022, maritime employers say a strike risks scaring off clients that won't return.

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal will stage a 24-hour strike that will halt the movement of cargo at one of Canada’s biggest seaports, in a new effort to pressure employers to end an impasse over a new collective agreement.

Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal are set to walk off the job for 24 hours starting Sunday morning in a bid to ramp up pressure on management amid a labour standoff.