Tentative deal reached in Vancouver transit talks, strike averted
Posted December 10, 2019 8:39 am.
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VANCOUVER — Translink says a tentative agreement has been reached to avert a strike by workers that had threatened to snarl the commute for Metro Vancouver residents who use the Expo or Millennium SkyTrain lines.
Translink spokesman Ben Murphy says trains will be delayed this morning as the system is powered back up, but they will be running.
The union had been prepared to begin a full strike for three days starting this morning.
Thousands of residents use the two trains and previous disruptions for mechanical or other reasons have left long lines of people waiting for so-called bus bridges.
The SkyTrain workers are attendants, control operators, administration, maintenance workers and technical staff.
Their contract expired Aug. 31.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 10, 2019.
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