Metro Vancouver, workers agree to binding arbitration for resolving dispute

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Unionized outside workers have been staging job action over the last few months with pickets going up at regional parks, water treatment facilities and Metro Vancouver headquarters, among other places.

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The two sides have been without a contract for almost 20 months.

The union’s statement says the remaining issues to be resolved through binding arbitration relate to health and safety improvements, as well as the contracting out of unionized work and recruitment and retention of skilled labour.

President Jesse Medeiros says workers will continue some job action, including an overtime ban, until an arbitrator has decided to take on the case.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 25, 2026.

The Canadian Press