More than 90 per cent of Saskatoon Transit workers have voted to not vote on the city’s most recent offer.
In a secret ballot vote at two special meetings on Sunday, 92.4 per cent of union members voted against putting the offer to a vote.
In a statement released Sunday night the city called the news of the vote “extremely disappointing.”
“I’ve said it before, but in the current economic downturn, a ten per cent wage increase is certainly above what many workers would receive elsewhere in the marketplace,” Catherine Gryba, the city’s general manager of corporate performance said in the statement.
After the meetings, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Jim Yakubowski, said there will be no job action as of Sunday, but that it’s still a possibility.
The city said it believes Access Transit is protected by essential services legislation and will continue to operate regardless if any action is taken by the union.
Both the union and the city said they are willing to go back to the bargaining table.
No date has been set to resume negotiations.
Progress was made last weekend and early last week before talks broke down. Transit workers have been without a contact for four years.
