The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) on Thursday presented what it described as its “final and comprehensive” offer to longshore workers, warning that if that offer is refused, those workers will be locked out as of 9 p.m. Sunday.

The MEA is offering union dockworkers a wage increase of more than 20 percent over six years, but wants a response by Sunday night.

MONTREAL — The employers association at the Port of Montreal ... in view of the availability required from its employees,” it wrote Thursday evening in a news release. The association added that it is asking longshore workers to provide at least ...

By Ed White (Reuters) -Port of Montreal terminal operators have threatened to shut down most operations as of Sunday after providing a final offer to the longshore union. The total shutdown would further slow Canadian imports and exports at a time the Port of Montreal is already operating at partial capacity and as West Coast ports are stopped due to a separate dispute.