WAR ON TRANSIT WORKERS

The union has been without a contract since August and has met with the employers, the BCRTC, 25 times in an attempt to get a new deal.

According to a release from the union, the outstanding issues are modest wage demands and “company demands for concessions in the form of extensive changes to the employees’ sick plan benefits and the introduction of a two-tiered system for retiree benefits.”

SkyTrain workers’ union now has mandate for strike that would shut down both Expo and Millennium lines (with video)