Quebec's two-week long construction strike is over after a marathon 13-hour emergency sitting of the national assembly on Sunday night ended with back-to-work legislation.
Members of the national assembly voted just after midnight to send Quebec's 77,000 industrial and commercial construction workers back to their respective job sites, but it wasn't without compromise.
The Parti Québécois government initially wanted to extend the employees' last contract for four years and give them an 8.6 per cent raise over that period. However, the opposition Liberals and Coalition Avenir Quebec teamed up and forced an amendment dropping it to one year.
CAQ leader François Legault said the goal was to force the two sides to push ahead and reach a negotiated settlement.
"We are happy to have a minority government tonight," he said late Sunday night.
"We were able to the support of the Liberal party to our proposal, and we were able to have the government change its mind."
Liberal leader Philippe Couillard said the move would force both sides to work faster to reach a settlement -- if the PQ takes the appropriate steps.
"My advice to the government is, in the coming days, they must start being much more active," he said.
"Not being involved in the nitty-gritty negotiations, but providing an environment that will make a settlement more likely."
Although Premier Pauline Marois said one year isn't nearly long enough to resolve some vast differences on issues like labour mobility, she said she was happy the strike would end.
"I think it will take some time to have a calm between these two partners. We think one year is a little bit too short," Marois said.
The deal gives the employees a 2 per cent raise over the next year.
The back-to-work legislation comes with stiff fines for any individuals or groups who disobey the ruling.
Construction sites are set to resume operations as of 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
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