TransLink and union representing striking transit supervisors set to hold live updates
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A 48-hour transit strike for all Coast Mountain buses and the SeaBus began at 3 a.m. Monday after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.
TransLink and the union representing the striking transit supervisors are both set to hold updates on Monday afternoon.
TransLink officials are set to hold a press conference at 1 p.m.
CUPE 4500 spokesperson, Liam O’Neill, will then be speaking at 2 p.m. about the ongoing labour dispute with Coast Mountain Bus Company.
Both press conferences will be streamed live above and will be live on BC1.
A 48-hour transit strike for all Coast Mountain buses and the SeaBus began at 3 a.m. Monday after the two sides failed to reach an agreement.
“With the help of our mediator, CUPE 4500 put in an honest effort to find some common ground with Coast Mountain. But we are still not near where we need to be in addressing our key issues,” the union said in a statement.
Starting Monday morning, picket lines went up at CMBC transit centres in Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, Burnaby, Port Coquitlam, and the SeaBus North Vancouver Terminal.
The union says negotiations have not produced a fair settlement, saying, “4500 members need wage discrepancies closed between them and other TransLink supervisors, and we need to tackle critical workload issues.”
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