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title: "OneCity school board candidates back IUOE Local 963 after 96.9 per cent strike vote"
description: "OneCity Vancouver's five school board candidates published a solidarity statement on October 10 supporting IUOE Local 963 workers after the union voted 96.9 per cent in favour of strike action against the Vancouver School Board."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/onecity-school-board-iuoe-solidarity-october-10"
last_updated: "2026-10-10T23:23:47.542Z"
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[OneCity](/parties/onecity)'s five school board trustee candidates published a statement on October 10, 2026 expressing support for IUOE Local 963 workers at the Vancouver School Board. The party says IUOE members voted 96.9 per cent in favour of taking strike action.

The statement is from the five candidates: [Rory Brown](/candidates/rory-brown), [Krista Sigurdson](/candidates/krista-sigurdson), [Sherry Breshears](/candidates/sherry-breshears), [Steve Cardwell](/candidates/steve-cardwell), and [Christopher Lee (李基鵬)](/candidates/christopher-lee). They say they support IUOE Local 963 workers "as they enter this critical time in the collective bargaining process," according to the party's own statement.

IUOE Local 963 represents workers in Vancouver public schools including Power Engineers, Cafeteria Workers, and Supervision Aides, according to the same statement.

## What OneCity says about the dispute

The party says the current Vancouver School Board put concessions on the table that, in the party's characterization, would devalue IUOE members' work and qualifications. The statement does not describe the specific concessions or provide a breakdown of the board's position.

The OneCity statement does not include a response from the current Vancouver School Board. No response from the current board was found at the time of publication.

The party's statement ends with a direct comparison: "The choice in the upcoming Vancouver School Board election is clear: four more years of ABC chaos, or stability, respect and progress for Vancouver families with OneCity Vancouver Trustees." That characterization is the party's own and has not been verified against an independent account of the board's record.

## What ABC Vancouver says

The OneCity statement makes a claim against the current board, which has an ABC Vancouver majority. No response from ABC Vancouver was found at the time of publication. The source for this article is the OneCity party's own website.

## What voters can do

Vancouver voters choose nine school board trustees on October 17, 2026, on the same ballot as Mayor, City Council, and Park Board. You can see each candidate's profile at voche.me and find your voting place at the [where-to-vote](/where-to-vote) page.

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