{"id":801651,"date":"2026-07-14T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801651\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:31:11","slug":"metro-vancouver-workers-call-off-full-scale-strike-after-progress-made-in-talks-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801651\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Vancouver workers call off full-scale strike after progress made in talks \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER \u2013 Metro Vancouver outside workers say they won\u2019t launch a full-scale strike after \u201csignificant movement\u201d in talks with the regional district.<\/p>\n<p>The union representing about 750 workers says in a statement that its bargaining committee is reporting back to members \u201cin seeking a mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Union president Jesse Medeiros says all job action is temporarily on pause while negotiators look to reach a tentative deal.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a564fb7fc0893e030b7fac9jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"6500\" data-pswp-height=\"4333\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a564fb7fc0893e030b7fac9jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"East Hastings Street on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEast Hastings Street on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n<p>The union threatened strike action Monday, saying little progress was being made in talks mediated at the BC Labour Relations Board over the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>Workers had set up pickets at regional parks, water treatment facilities and construction yards in an attempt to push for a resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides have been without a contract for 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 14, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2013 Metro Vancouver outside workers say they won\u2019t launch a full-scale strike after \u201csignificant movement\u201d in talks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-801651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801651","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=801651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}