Further to the last notice, the Strike Vote will be held in person on Tuesday May 26, 2026 from 07:00 to 22:00 at the Unifor BC Offices at 326 12th Street, New Westminster. Members of the bargaining committee will be available all day, and in addition, meetings will be held at 07:00, 13:00 and 19:00.
The Joint Bargaining Committee is in a position where we require a strong mandate from the Membership to move forward.
The Bargaining Committees were scheduled to meet with the Employer today, May 19. The Employer has refused to return to the table because the Union is unwilling to accept any concessions in this round of bargaining.
We are now in the position to ask the membership for a strike mandate.
We will contact you shortly with more details regarding where and when this strike vote will take place.
The Joint Committee is sending this from the table as we expect to be here after the support staff goes home for the weekend.
This week has been long, ending late into the evening every night. This is not to be taken as a complaint, these hours have been very productive, we have progressed in all areas of the contract and are down to just a small handful of non-monetary items in a couple of sections.
We continue to progress, slowly, on all areas of the CBA; General, Operations, Maintenance, Seabus, CTS, and Spareboard. We have managed to reach a mutual understanding on a few issues and have sign offs on a few dozen non monetary items.
The Joint Committee will continue bargaining with the Employer again next week and you can expect Bulletin #6 at the end of that week, on Friday March 20th.
We met with the employer on February 10th, where we solely worked on the Operations section of the CBA and then again on February 12th where we were able to start the discussions in earnest on our proposals for the Community Transit, Maintenance and Seabus sections.
We want to share an update as we wrap up the opening week of bargaining.
Your Joint Bargaining Committee, Unifor National President Lana Payne and Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle raised many key priorities in our opening remarks with the Employer, including cost-of-living pressures, health and safety, and dignity in retirement.
The Joint Unifor Locals 111 & 2200 Bargaining Committee has been finalizing proposals in preparation for the renewal of the Collective Agreement, which will expire on March 31, 2026.
In preparation, the Joint Bargaining Committee has met with our National Representative, Gavin Davies.
