Normand Gauthier was killed while working aboard the Maineborg last week. It was the second fatality at the port in less than three years.
CUPE member Normand Gauthier, a longshoreman at the port of Matane, was killed at work on Monday, January 7.
Gauthier, 54, was killed during loading operations aboard the Maineborg, a ship bound for Europe.
CUPE National President Paul Moist expressed sadness and offered condolences.
“On behalf of all CUPE members, I offer our deepest condolences to the Gauthier family, and the members of local 4239. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. It is a terrible tragedy, and the fact it’s happened twice at this port in less than three years is very disturbing.”
In May 2010, CUPE 4239 member Gilles Létourneau was killed in a similar accident.
Transport Canada is investigating the incident.
Gauthier was from Sainte-Félicité, Que. He leaves behind a wife and three children.