Canada Line Skytrain Strike
Buses and seabuses will be operating.
Canada line skytrain strike. The canada line and west coast express will be operating as usual. Canada line and west coast express workers are represented by a different union and would not be affected. The strike impacts the millennium line and the expo line. Both sides in the skytrain labour dispute continue to meet to try and reach a deal before tuesday morning when workers are threatening a 3 day full system shutdown.
In january 2015 canada line workers voted 99 in favour of a strike after being without a contract since december 2013 but a strike was averted after both sides were able to come to an agreement shortly after the vote. If no deal is reached about 900 skytrain workers are set to walk off the job on tuesday for three days affecting the expo and millennium lines. Translink said all other services bus seabus canada line and west coast express would be operating normally during the strike. Cupe 7000 which represents skytrain attendants control operators administrators maintenance and technical staff on the expo and millennium lines voted 96 8 per cent in favour of a strike.
6 when the workers issued a. Over the weekend cupe 7000 which represents approximately 900 skytrain workers announced the shutdown of the expo and millennium lines linking vancouver burnaby new westminster surrey port. While a shutdown of the skytrain would usually cause translink. What other options are there.
Any job action by skytrain workers would only affect expo and millennium line trains. Negotiations had been underway since the last collective agreement expired in august and came to a head on dec. The canada line is part of the skytrain rapid transit line that runs from vancouver to richmond and connects to the yvr airport.