VANCOUVER – Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have served 72-hour strike notice to Coast Mountain Bus Company. Members will begin a uniform ban on Monday, August 17. Bus and SeaBus service will continue to operate normally.
“Our members have chosen a collective show of solidarity as their next step in the bargaining process,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Collective transit services in British Columbia depend on transit workers who connect people and communities every single day”.
VICTORIA – Unifor Local 333-BC has served 72-hour strike notice to BC Transit, placing members in a legal strike position once the notice period expires at 3:00 p.m. PT on Sunday, August 16.
“Our members have been at this table for more than a year, and they have been very patient,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Serving notice is how the union shows we are serious about getting an agreement that our members can support. BC Transit now has a clear window to settle this at the table, and that is exactly where we want it settled.”
VANCOUVER — Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have reached a tentative agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company covering more than 5,000 transit workers across Metro Vancouver.
The tentative agreement was reached with the assistance of Provincial Meditator Trevor Sones, following further negotiations between the joint bargaining committee and the employer.
VANCOUVER — Members of Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have voted to reject the tentative agreement reached with Coast Mountain Bus Company.
“Members delivered a strong strike mandate earlier this round, and that mandate remains in place,” said Unifor Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle. “Unifor is not rushing to job action and is focused first on working with members to win the changes they need.”
This week, transport workers and unions around the world are joining the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Safe Rates Week of Action. Unifor is with them, fully and without reservation.
The connection between driver pay and road safety is documented and measurable. When workers are paid too little for the time they work, they drive longer hours, skip rest, and take risks no worker should ever have to take.
That is not a choice. It is what an industry built on cost-cutting produces.
VANCOUVER — Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have reached a tentative agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company covering more than 5,000 transit workers across Metro Vancouver.
“This tentative agreement reflects the strength and unity of our members across both locals, who stood together for a fair deal,” said Unifor Local 111 President Mike McMillan. “Transit and SeaBus workers keep Metro Vancouver moving every day, and this agreement recognizes the essential work they do.”
VICTORIA – Unifor Local 333-BC members at BC Transit in Victoria, British Columbia have voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action, delivering a strong mandate to their bargaining committee as contract talks continue.
“There’s a reason members voted the way they did, and it comes down to wanting to be treated fairly for essential work,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “This mandate puts real weight behind our committee, and we’ll use it to push for the agreement these transit workers have earned.”
Unifor Local 4050 members at CommerceLink Logistics in Calgary and Nisku, Alberta, have ratified their first collective agreement, with 87 per cent voting in favour of ratification.
