Central Vancouver Island Transit Strike Ends After 48 days

The transit strike in the Comox Valley and Campbell River is over.

Workers have voted to accept a new contract with PW Transit that was reached last week.

"Congratulations to the bargaining committee and to the members for standing strong at the bargaining table and on the picket lines to make a stand for improving public transit," said Unifor National President Lana Payne.

"Our union's support behind our members was unwavering and brought issues such as attraction and retention and pay parity to the forefront to get action beneficial not only for our members, but for the public who rely on an efficient public transit."

Workers had been off work since December 15th.

In a statement, PWTransit said they are working to get Transit services up and running as soon as they can safely do so.