Essential services expected during blue collar strike
I don’t know what the February 4 blue collar strike will consist of, if the workers still have to deliver snow removal, road repairs, arena inspections, cleaning of public spaces, traffic sign and street light repairs, operations related to water mains and sewers, drinking water production and waste water treatment. Confusingly, this piece also says the union “represents some 5,5000 employees.”



Chris 15:39 on 2026-02-01 Permalink
extra zero?
Kate 15:52 on 2026-02-01 Permalink
Or misplaced comma. 55,000 employees? 5,500 employees?
Ian 20:44 on 2026-02-01 Permalink
Maybe they mean the specific local going on strike?
It’s SCFPE 301 (CUPE en français) – CUPE has 143k members in Quebec according to their website.
This older article (2019) says 7500 members so yeah maybe 5500 is the actual number of unionized blue collar workers in Montreal belonging to the 301.