Transit Strike

• Kelowna bus drivers offered 9% over three years: First Transit

  First Transit, which said it didn't want to bargain in the media, sent out a press release outlining their offer to Kelowna bus drivers ahead of their Wednesday strike deadline.

  Traffic

  Oct 4, 2022
  
• Kelowna taxi drivers prepare for potential transit strike

  BC Transit workers have said they will go on strike if negotiations do not improve by Wednesday. If there is a strike, Kelowna Cabs says it will put more cars on the road.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
  
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• UBCO students express concern over possible transit strike

  First Transit and the union that represents Kelowna transit employees are set to meet at the bargaining table on Tuesday – a day before the bus drivers' strike deadline.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2022
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• Union threatens back-to-school transit strike in West Vancouver

  The union representing West Vancouver Blue Bus drivers and mechanics is preparing to escalate job action "significantly" on Sept. 7 amid stalled contract talks with the district.

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2022
• Sea to Sky bus service to resume Wednesday as marathon transit strike ends

  When buses get back on the road, residents of Squamish and Whistler will be offered free transit until at least July 3.

  Traffic

  Jun 17, 2022
• Sea-to-Sky transit workers reach tentative deal to end 4-month strike

  More than 80 drivers and mechanics have been on the picket lines since Jan. 29 over what they say is an unfair pay gap with their counterparts in Metro Vancouver.

  Canada

  May 28, 2022
• Mediation fails in bitter 103-day Sea-to-Sky transit strike

  More than 80 bus drivers and mechanics serving Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton have been on the picket lines since Jan. 28, with wages the key sticking point.

  Canada

  May 11, 2022
• City of Belleville, transit workers reach new collective agreement

  Unifor, the union representing 45 transit workers in the city, reached a tentative agreement on a new collective agreement with the City of Belleville.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2022
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• Sea-to-Sky transit users left in limbo as bus strike talks break off

  More than 80 workers in the Sea-to-Sky region have been on strike since Jan. 28, over what they say is an unfair wage gap between them and similar workers in Metro Vancouver.

  Politics

  Mar 18, 2022
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• Metro Vancouver transit workers to receive pay bump in new agreement

  The one-year contract extension includes wage increases of three per cent for operators and five per cent of skilled trades workers in maintenance, effective April 1.

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2022