There’s still no end in sight for the transit strike in the Cowichan Valley.

Both sides are saying nothing notable has happened that would lead anytime soon to the end of the labour dispute, the longest transit strike in the history of the province, since workers voted against going to binding arbitration on Aug. 7.

Gavin Davies, a spokesman for Unifor, the union that represents the 52 striking workers, said on Aug. 25 that representatives from both the union and the employer, Trandev Canada, have separately been in touch with the Minister of Labour since the workers rejected binding arbitration.

“However, nothing has progressed beyond that,” he said.

Emily Watson, Transdev’s senior vice-president for western Canada, said Transdev remains “deeply disappointed” by the union’s rejection

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