Passengers board a bus in downtown Vancouver, Friday, November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardJONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press
The union representing Metro Vancouver transit bus operators and the Coast Mountain Bus Company have reached another tentative deal in their latest bid to end the dispute.
Both Coast Mountain Bus and Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have confirmed that the latest negotiated deal was reached, after union members voted to reject the last proposed agreement in June.
The union locals say in a release that the new deal was reached with the help of provincial mediator Trevor Sones, and members will begin voting on ratifying the agreement “in the coming days.”
They say no details on the deal will be released until after members have voted on the agreement.
Vancouver transit drivers’ union, bus company reach tentative deal to avoid strike
The two sides previously reached an agreement that was announced on June 22 but it was rejected by member workers.
The Coast Mountain Bus Company operates more than 96 per cent of Metro Vancouver’s bus services, and workers had voted 99 per cent in favour of authorizing strike action back in May after months of talks had already taken place.