BREAKING: Mediated settlement expected to avert Metro Vancouver transit strike
Transit supervisors have said they will walk out again if new contract isn’t reached by Saturday
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Transit supervisors have said they will walk out again if new contract isn’t reached by Saturday
Transit supervisors had previously said they would walk out if new contract not reached by Saturday
CUPE 4500 and Coast Mountain Bus Company have accepted the recommendations proposed by special mediator Vince Ready, avoiding a 72-hour transit strike.
Union had set a deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Saturday for a tentative deal to be reached
Both sides in the ongoing Metro Vancouver transit strike say they plan to accept the recommendations of special mediator Vince Ready, likely avoiding a planned 72-hour shutdown of much of the region's transit services.