Multiple SeaBus sailings cancelled Sunday due to transit job action
Posted November 3, 2019 9:24 am.
Last Updated November 3, 2019 2:51 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Day three of transit job action is leading to a third day of SeaBus cancellations.
A total of 16 sailings between Vancouver and North Vancouver have been cut for Sunday.
That includes the 1:30 p.m., the 3:30 p.m. and the 4:45 p.m from Lonsdale Quay, and the 1:45 p.m., 3:45 p.m., and the 5:00 p.m. from Waterfront.
In the evening, TransLink is cancelling 10 sailings, which will see service every 30 minutes instead of 15 minutes between 6:45 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Regular 30 minute service will continue after 9:15 p.m. until the final sailing.
.@TransLink is cancelling some SeaBus sailings for a third day, as transit job action continues. Yesterday, 20 sailings had to be cancelled. Maintenance workers are refusing to do OT while bus drivers and SeaBus operators are refusing to wear their uniforms. @NEWS1130 pic.twitter.com/1GkdsBGqwN
— Monika Gul (@MonikaGul) November 3, 2019
Maintenance workers are refusing to do overtime as bus drivers and SeaBus operators refuse to wear their uniforms.
The job action began Friday. As of Sunday, no new negotiations were scheduled.
