Metro Vancouver transit strike: TransLink, union give update amid bus, SeaBus service halt | FULL

“This is not the time to be bargaining for significantly more than what everyone else got.”

That was the message from the CEO of TransLink, Kevin Quinn, at a press conference on Monday afternoon.

He said the transit supervisor strike, expected to continue until 3 a.m. Wednesday, has disrupted the lives of thousands of people in Metro Vancouver as buses and the SeaBus halt service.

The union representing TransLink’s bus supervisors, employed by the Coast Mountain Bus Company and part of CUPE 4500, continues to demand far higher wage increases than their colleagues, Quinn said, calling it disappointing and frustrating.

Speaking at a 2 p.m. press conference, CUPE 4500 spokesperson Liam O’Neill said the union has put in a “solid effort” to negotiate with Coast Mountain Bus but the company has tried to “bully them” into accepting its proposals.

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