A transit strike affecting 50,000 commuters in York Region entered its eighth week on Monday.
Talks between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 and Veolia, the company that runs VIVA buses, broke down on Saturday.
Negotiations ended abruptly after just a few hours and no new talks are scheduled.
At issue are benefits, including how much employees should pay for their own health care package.
"We've done everything we can to try to settle this. Veolia's attempts to squeeze the health care of their employees' families is as inexplicable as it is offensive," ATU Local 113 president Bob Kinnear said.
ATU Local 1587 is also involved in the strike. It represents employees of Miller Transit and First Canada. Those companies are contracted to run York Region Transit (YRT) buses. These employees have been on strike since Oct. 24.
The strike has affected about 50,000 people who rely on the service.
So far, no talks are scheduled between Local 1587 and Miller and First Canada.
Besides healthcare, the main the main issues are the gap in wages and benefits between the York workers and their counterparts elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area.
With files from Ashleigh Smollet
Talks between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 and Veolia, the company that runs VIVA buses, broke down on Saturday.
Negotiations ended abruptly after just a few hours and no new talks are scheduled.
At issue are benefits, including how much employees should pay for their own health care package.
"We've done everything we can to try to settle this. Veolia's attempts to squeeze the health care of their employees' families is as inexplicable as it is offensive," ATU Local 113 president Bob Kinnear said.
ATU Local 1587 is also involved in the strike. It represents employees of Miller Transit and First Canada. Those companies are contracted to run York Region Transit (YRT) buses. These employees have been on strike since Oct. 24.
The strike has affected about 50,000 people who rely on the service.
So far, no talks are scheduled between Local 1587 and Miller and First Canada.
Besides healthcare, the main the main issues are the gap in wages and benefits between the York workers and their counterparts elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area.
With files from Ashleigh Smollet
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