A transit strike in York Region has been suspended for now as the union is allowing its members to vote one more time on a settlement.
The strike against Veolia Transportation was supposed to take effect Tuesday morning. It was to affect just the southwest area of York Region.
Instead, all members have now been directed to report for their regular scheduled shifts on Tuesday.
Union members will vote on the company's settlement offer later this week. The settlement had originally been rejected last Wednesday but a petition signed by "a significant majority of the membership" was circulated asking for a re-vote.
The petition was submitted to the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 on Sunday night.
"This is an unusual situation," said Local 113 President Bob Kinnear in a news release Monday afternoon. "But in view of the stakes for both our members and the public, and the large majority of members who signed the petition, we will conduct a re-vote on the settlement."
Members were told about the re-vote in a phone message Monday morning.
