‘Time to save our broken HandyDART’: Union votes in favour of job action
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ATU Local 1724 Metro Vancouver HandyDART drivers, maintenance workers, road supervisors, trainers and officers workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike.
Another transit strike is possibly looming as a B.C. union has voted to take job action “if necessary.”
ATU Local 1724 Metro Vancouver HandyDART drivers, maintenance workers, road supervisors, trainers and officers workers have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike.
The union said that after eight months of bargaining with Transdev and working six months under an expired contract, 95 per of HandyDART workers voted in favour of escalating job action on July 3.
“Our more than 600 bus operators, trainers, supervisors, office workers, and maintenance workers are fed up with Transdev,” said Mark Beeching, ATU Local 1724’s president.
“Contracting out HandyDART service has led to years of poor working conditions, unfair compensation and spiraling service that has been unable to meet demand.
“It’s time to save our broken HandyDART system.”
The union said Transdev, a French multinational corporation, has been contracted by TransLink to operate HandyDART since 2018.
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