Bus Strike

• Growing calls for intervention as Montreal school bus strike continues into 4th month

  Since the fall, bus drivers have been on strike, leaving some 15,000 students without a ride to and from school. Frustration is growing among parents over the lack of action.

  Education

  Feb 27
  
• Metro Vancouver bus, SeaBus services resume, special mediator appointed

  Bus and SeaBus services in Metro Vancouver returned Wednesday morning after the end of a 48-hour strike.

  Traffic

  Jan 24
  
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• Transit strike could escalate as union applies to picket SkyTrain stations

  The Metro Vancouver transit supervisor strike is set to end at 3 a.m. Wednesday but there are signs the union representing those workers wants to escalate job action further.

  Canada

  Jan 23
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• Metro Vancouver transit strike: Bus and SeaBus suspended for 48 hours

  The deadline has passed and job action has escalated for transit supervisors in Metro Vancouver. Bus service and SeaBus service are suspended for the next 48 hours.

  Traffic

  Jan 22
• Mediator steps in with 11th-hour bid to avert Metro Vancouver bus strike

  Unionized transit supervisors on Metro Vancouver's bus and SeaBus system appear set to escalate job action to a 48-hour full strike on Monday.

  Canada

  Jan 19
• Union warns of possible bus disruptions in Lower Mainland

  The union representing some transit employees in the Lower Mainland says disruptions could happen in January after members voted 100 per cent in favour of a strike mandate.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2023
• Union, city reach tentative agreement to end Hamilton’s transit strike

  A last-minute tentative agreement reached overnight Thursday means Hamilton's buses will return to city streets for regular service Friday.

  Politics

  Nov 16, 2023
• Abbotsford group calls for end to ‘deeply harming’ 3-month Fraser Valley bus strike

  Drivers in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz-Harrison, Hope, and Mission walked off the job on March 20, citing a lack of pension and income disparity with drivers elsewhere.

  Economy

  Jun 26, 2023
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• Transit operator seeks injunction against picketing Fraser Valley bus drivers

  CUPE Local 561 members have been without a contract since April 2020, and have been on full-scale strike since March 20 this year. 

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
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• Strike halts bus service in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

  Talks between the two sides collapsed last week and the union says BC Transit and its private operator, First Transit, have refused to consider union proposals.

  Economy

  Mar 20, 2023