{"id":723411,"date":"2026-06-08T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723411\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:24:09","slug":"metro-vancouver-outside-workers-picket-grouse-grind-trail-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/723411\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Vancouver outside workers\u2019 picket Grouse Grind trail | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780939449_945_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Grouse Grind record holder Terry Byrne, 74, is seen at the base of the famous hike in North Vancouver, B.C. Thursday, June 18 2015. HE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jonathan Hayward<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 8, 2026 | 9:07 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 The union representing Metro Vancouver outside workers is asking people to avoid one of the region\u2019s most popular hiking trails as its members put up picket lines. <\/p>\n<p>The Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees\u2019 Union says in a statement that members are picketing the Grouse Grind on Monday and unionized park rangers are expected not to cross their picket line.<\/p>\n<p>Pickets have also gone up at Delta\u2019s Deas Island Regional Park and Langley\u2019s Derby Reach Regional Park, as well as at the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant in West Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>The union has been setting up rotating pickets at the regional district\u2019s head office in Burnaby as well as water and wastewater treatment facilities for weeks in an effort to get a new contract. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grouse Grind record holder Terry Byrne, 74, is seen at the base of the famous hike in North&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,55],"class_list":["post-723411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}