MONTRÉAL, Quebec—BMTC Group Inc. announced the end of its labour dispute following an agreement concluded with the employees of its Montreal distribution centre, which was ratified at a general meeting on April 10. This settles the lock-out that started on February 28th, 2016.
The company said in a statement that normal activities of the Montreal distribution centre will resume Monday morning.
The principal issue that led to the deadlock in the negotiations to renew the collective agreement, which expired on December 31, 2015, relates to the pension plan for future warehouse employees of the DC.
In a statement the company said: “Essentially, the Corporation has agreed to keep unchanged, for the benefit of current employees, the defined benefit pension plan but has proposed that new employees hired following the renewal of the collective agreement would benefit from a defined contribution pension plan rather than from a defined benefit pension plan.”
BMTC is a major retailer of furniture, electronic goods and household appliances operating in the province of Quebec. It operates a subsidiary, Ameublements Tanguay Inc., and two divisions, Brault & Martineau and EconoMax.
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