HandyDART workers vote to reject latest contract offer – BC [Video]

A strike is once again a possibility in the ongoing labour dispute involving HandyDART drivers.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724 has said it would give a 72-hour strike notice if membership voted down the latest offer by Transdev, the contracted operator of HandyDART.

Possible work disruption was averted on Monday after workers suspended job action to vote on the latest offer.

However, HandyDART workers voted to reject the offer.

“(We’re) trying to get back to the table, but we’ll be serving 72-hour strike notice very soon and from there, we go on a full work stoppage, albeit we still do essential service,” Joe McCann, president of ATU Local 1724, said.

“That would be renal, cancer and MS. We’ll take care of those folks.”

Key issues include staffing shortages and high worker turnover.

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