Striking transit workers in the Fraser Valley have filed a complaint against their employer with the B.C. Labour Relations Board in a bid to end the job action that has left the vast majority of the region without transit service for nearly two months.
More than 200 bus drivers represented by CUPE Local 561 say their employer, First Transit, has negotiated in bad faith and prolonged the strike, which began March 20.
The union says the company made false statements claiming it could not afford the workers’ wage increase proposal, until admitting that wasn’t the reason it opposed the agreement on May 5, according to the May 15 complaint.
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