More transit strike action looms, Montreal.

STM bus and métro drivers will go ahead with a 48-hour strike this weekend, Quebec’s labour tribunal announced Wednesday night.

The walkout, set from 4:00 a.m. on November 15 to 3:59 a.m. on November 17, will shut down all STM service except paratransit.

The Tribunal administratif du travail said the essential-services plan submitted by the drivers’ union was sufficient to ensure public safety, clearing the way for the strike to proceed. It said: “The evidence does not demonstrate that the interruption of STM services for a weekend, with the exception of paratransit, represents a clear, imminent, and real threat to the life, safety, health, or security of the population.”

STM bus drivers and métro workers shut down the network on Nov. 1 in th

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