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Mediated settlement expected to avert Metro Vancouver transit strike

Transit supervisors had previously said they would walk out if new contract not reached by Saturday
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Buses line the Vancouver Transit Centre as transit workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500 strike in Vancouver on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The B.C. Labour Relations Board says Metro Vancouver’s regional bus operator breached rules by using replacement workers during last month’s transit strike that paralyzed bus and SeaBus services. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Coast Mountain Bus Company and the union representing its transit supervisors have both accepted the recommendations of a mediator in an agreement that looks set to avert another Metro Vancouver bus strike.

A statement from the bus firm’s president, Michael McDaniel, said the next step was to sign a memorandum of agreement before the contract ratification process.

“As the Special Mediator noted, labour disruptions in the Lower Mainland’s public transportation system lead to significant public hardship and negative economic impacts,” McDaniel said Thursday.

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