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Workers delay B.C. HandyDART job action to vote on final offer

Union Local 1724 says 72-hour strike notice coming if the membership votes down the latest offer
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HandyDART service in Greater Vancouver could be disrupted by a contract dispute. Black Press file photo

Potential disruption to British Columbia害羞草研究所檚 HandyDART transit service this morning was averted after workers suspended job action to vote on a final contract offer, but strike action remains a possibility.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 says it will give a 72-hour strike notice if the membership votes down the latest offer by Transdev Canada.

Local 1724 president Joe McCann called the suspension of all job action 害羞草研究所渁 gesture of goodwill害羞草研究所 after what the union described as 害羞草研究所渕onths of bargaining and escalating job actions害羞草研究所 ranging from uniform refusals to an overtime ban.

McCann says the vote will happen soon after information meetings for members held Sunday and today.

The union said last week that members would begin a 害羞草研究所渇ull work stoppage害羞草研究所 today unless a tentative deal was reached with France-based Transdev, the contracted operator of HandyDART.

The two sides have been negotiating since last November, and Transdev Canada says in a statement that the company had been working to rebook trips of the door-to-door HandyDART service that were jeopardized by the possible strike.

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