Transit strike: how local businesses are bracing for the impact on their customers and their staff

Mornings with Simi

English - November 26, 2019 21:19 - 6 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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This hour, Translink CEO, Kevin Desmond, is meeting with Unifor National President, Jerry Dias. This comes as talks resume between the union and the Coast Mountain Bus Company at 2pm today.

In the meantime, commuters in Metro Vancouver are bracing themselves for the impact of tomorrow’s shutdown of the bus and SeaBus network.

And the owners of small businesses are figuring out what that means for their customers, and for their staff.

Guest: Muriel Protzer

Policy Analyst for BC and Alberta, at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

This hour, Translink CEO, Kevin Desmond, is meeting with Unifor National President, Jerry Dias. This comes as talks resume between the union and the Coast Mountain Bus Company at 2pm today.

In the meantime, commuters in Metro Vancouver are bracing themselves for the impact of tomorrow’s shutdown of the bus and SeaBus network.

And the owners of small businesses are figuring out what that means for their customers, and for their staff.

Guest: Muriel Protzer

Policy Analyst for BC and Alberta, at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business