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SkyTrain strike: how negotiations between unions and companies are settled

Mornings with Simi

English - December 10, 2019 19:13 - 16 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Service is getting back to normal on the Expo and Millenium SkyTrain lines, after a struck by 900 SkyTrain employees was narrowly averted.

After 18 hours of non-stop bargaining and 10-minutes before the 5am strike deadline, CUPE Local 7000 and the BC Rapid Transit Company announced a tentative contract settlement.

Details won't be released until a ratification vote.

So how are disputes like this settled? What goes on behind the closed doors, and how do two sides come to an agreement?

 

Guest: Richard Zussman

Global News Online Legislative Reporter

Guest: Thomas Knight

Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business

Service is getting back to normal on the Expo and Millenium SkyTrain lines, after a struck by 900 SkyTrain employees was narrowly averted.


After 18 hours of non-stop bargaining and 10-minutes before the 5am strike deadline, CUPE Local 7000 and the BC Rapid Transit Company announced a tentative contract settlement.


Details won't be released until a ratification vote.


So how are disputes like this settled? What goes on behind the closed doors, and how do two sides come to an agreement?


 


Guest: Richard Zussman


Global News Online Legislative Reporter


Guest: Thomas Knight


Associate Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business