Deal ratified for Victoria transit drivers and maintenance workers

B.C. Transit and the union representing 680 drivers and maintenance workers in the Victoria Regional Transit System have ratified a three-year collective agreement.

Jeff Bell
Mar 16, 2023 

B.C. Transit head office at 520 Gorge Rd. East.

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B.C. Transit and the union representing 680 drivers and maintenance workers in the Victoria Regional Transit System have ratified a three-year collective agreement.

A tentative agreement between B.C. Transit and Unifor Local 333 was announced last week.

The new deal runs from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025.

It provides for a flat-rate wage lift of $.0.25 per hour and a 3.24 per cent increase in the first year, a minimum increase of 5.5 per cent and a maximum of 6.75 per cent in the second year (subject to a memorandum of agreement for a cost-of-living adjustment) and a two to three per cent increase (also subject to a cost-of-living adjustment) in the third year.

The previous agreement expired on March 31, 2022.