SPVM officers' union protests end to project

Montreal police officers took to the streets in protest on Thursday morning.

Union members demonstrated in front of the police headquarters on Saint Urbain Street.

The union is upset over a change to their work schedules, according to the CBC.

The protest was spurred by the city of Montreal’s decision to end a pilot project.

The project allowed police officers to work three-day weeks with extended hours.

Union president Yves Francoeur says that the new work schedules are unfair and outdated.

Tensions between the city and the police union are high.

Last Friday Mayor Michael Applebaum said that Francoeur personally threatened him to try to get him to extend the pilot project.

Francoeur denies the accusation.

STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY