Striking Fraser Valley transit workers call on province to end dispute

Striking transit workers in the Fraser Valley say the provincial government must intervene to end the strike that has left vast swaths of the region without transit service for more than three weeks.

The 213 workers, represented by CUPE Local 561, say their employer First Transit hasn’t come to the bargaining table since the strike began on March 20.

B.C. Transit, a Crown corporation, contracts out public transit services to First Transit in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, Agassiz, Harrison and Hope. HandyDart is operating at essential service levels in the region during the strike.

“B.C. Transit has to do their job and make sure that the transit service is running, and if they’re not doing

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