The port warned clients of delays in the coming weeks to imports and exports as containers that accumulated on the ground or were awaiting handling during the walkout are dealt with.

The two sides have not met all week, with the union claiming that employers refused a sit-down convened by federal mediators on Thursday

The three-day partial strike by dockworkers at the Port of Montreal is already having repercussions. The Montreal Port Authority “has noticed an accumulation of containers on the ground, including temperature-controlled containers of food, pharmaceutical and medical products,” it said Tuesday after one strike day.