SkyTrain union issues 72 hour strike notice, bargaining continues

SkyTrain union issues 72 hour strike notice, bargaining continues
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A Translink SkyTrain attendant is pictured in Vancouver.

Metro Vancouver transit users are facing another possible strike.

The union representing 900 SkyTrain workers in the region has issued 72-hour strike notice to its employer, the BC Rapid Transit Company.

CUPE 7000 says in a statement that no significant progress has been made on key issues, after four full days of mediation and more than 40 days of direct bargaining.

Michel Ladrak, president of the BC Rapid Transit Company, says in a statement that the union has not informed the company what form the job action might take, nor when it would occur.

The union says bargaining is ongoing and it will release an update Saturday on possible job action.

The notice comes the day after members of another union representing transit workers voted to ratify a tentative agreement, averting full-scale strike action.

The Canadian Press

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