Uncertainty Looms in Metro Vancouver Bus Dispute as 48-hour Strike Set to End

Transit workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500 picket outside of the Lonsdale SeaBus station in the rain during a strike in North Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

Metro Vancouver bus and SeaBus services are set to resume in time for Jan. 24 morning’s commute but the dispute that triggered a 48-hour strike by transit supervisors appears no closer to resolution.

Regional transport authority TransLink and the union representing more than 180 supervisors for Coast Mountain Bus Company both say the only certainty is that striking staff are set to return to work at 3 a.m.