Metro Vancouver’s unionized workers file 72-hour strike notice - BERITAJA

Metro Vancouver’s unionized workers person revenge a 72-hour onslaught announcement aft reaching an impasse successful bargaining negotiations.

The national has revenge the announcement pinch the BC Labour Relations Board and arsenic of 3:36 p.m. connected Sunday, members will beryllium successful a ineligible position to statesman occupation action.

Members of the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees’ Union operate and support Metro Vancouver’s location services, specified arsenic protecting water, aerial and earthy resources that supply drinking water, sewer and infrastructure services, and managing parks, ecological reserves and lodging communities.

The national says the sticking points stay cardinal non-monetary items, including connection addressing worker safety, protection against contracting retired bargaining portion activity and measures to support recruitment and retention.

Union members voted 97.8 per cent successful favour of imaginable occupation action successful March.

“Metro Vancouver’s elder managers are provoking the national while continuing to beryllium responsible for ongoing administrative disasters for illustration the North Shore wastewater curen works – elected Metro Vancouver Board members from each municipalities request to show them to return to bargaining without pre-conditions that sabotage immoderate imaginable statement agreement,” Jesse Medeiros, GVRDEU president, said successful a statement.

“Union members are besides upset that exempt guidance unit compensation accrued to $113 cardinal successful 2024 from $67 cardinal successful 2019 – a 69 per cent jump – while denying beforehand statement workers who service the nationalist a adjacent wage.”

Medeiros said the past negotiations took spot April 13 and nary talks are scheduled.

The national has not provided immoderate specifications connected what imaginable occupation action could look like.

In a connection to BERITAJA, Metro Vancouver said it “remains committed to reaching a adjacent and reasonable corporate statement pinch our GVRDEU employees.”

“Our offer, which is successful statement pinch different precocious settled agreements passim the region and pinch our Teamsters union, is simply a much than 10 per cent wide costs summation complete 3 years (3.5 per cent for 2025, 3.5 per cent for 2026, 3 per cent for 2027, positive a one-time costs accommodation of $0.25 connected each hourly rates of salary connected April 3, 2027).”

Metro Vancouver clarified that sloppy of immoderate occupation action, location will beryllium nary disruption to basal services for illustration drinking water, wastewater curen and coagulated discarded management.