{"id":182609,"date":"2026-08-25T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/182609\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T17:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:54:07","slug":"pickets-go-up-at-waste-energy-plant-in-burnaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/182609\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickets go up at waste-energy plant in Burnaby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The union representing workers at Metro Vancouver\u2019s waste-to-energy plant says members have launched strike action against its employer.<\/p>\n<p>Unifor says in a statement that its Local 433 chose to initiate the strike after what it describes as employer Veolia\u2019s demand for contract concessions from workers.<\/p>\n<p>The union says about 40 steam engineers and other skilled trades workers have begun picketing the facility in Burnaby, which is operated and maintained by Veolia.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s website says the facility processes about 25 per cent of the region\u2019s solid waste, producing enough electricity to power 16,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>The union says talks on contract concessions broke down last month.<\/p>\n<p>Unifor western regional director Gavin McGarrigle says in a statement that Veolia\u2019s costs are \u201clargely fixed\u201d over the next four years due to the company holding the municipal waste contract, and workers do not believe they should be conceding on their contract.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 25, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787680447_330_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The union representing workers at Metro Vancouver\u2019s waste-to-energy plant says members have launched strike action against its employer.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[525,603,3089,1272,3090,95],"class_list":["post-182609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-business","tag-labour","tag-oilgas","tag-prairies-bc","tag-utilities","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}