MEDIA RELEASE
Metro Vancouver transit workers to begin job action Monday
August 13, 2026

VANCOUVER – Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have served 72-hour strike notice to Coast Mountain Bus
Company. Members will begin a uniform ban on Monday, August 17. Bus and SeaBus service will
continue to operate normally.
“Our members have chosen a collective show of solidarity as their next step in the bargaining
process,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Collective transit services in British Columbia
depend on transit workers who connect people and communities every single day”.
A uniform ban means members will report for their regular shifts out of uniform. Riders will see no
change to schedules, routes or service levels.
“Our members picked an action that pressures the employer without taking service away from the
people who rely on it,” said Unifor Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle. “Nobody should
read that as hesitation. This is a membership that voted almost unanimously to escalate, and they
will if this employer forces the issue.”
Bargaining opened in February and members identified cost-of-living pressures, health and safety,
and dignity in retirement as their core priorities. The parties later entered mediation, which did not
produce a settlement. Wages and working conditions remain unresolved.
Unifor is prepared to return to the table at any point before the notice period expires.
Unifor Local 111 represents Transit Operators and Local 2200 represents Skilled Trades, Service and
SeaBus workers, together representing over 5,000 transit workers negotiating through a joint
bargaining committee.
Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 320,000 workers in every major
area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality
and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.

For media inquiries please contact Unifor Communications Representative Hamid Osman at
or 647-448-2823 (cell).

In Solidarity,
The Joint Unifor Locals 111 & 2200 Bargaining Committee