After a double dose of good news, ETS is moving toward assumption of full service by March 20/22. The good news? The number of COVID cases among our membership is radically down in the past 2 weeks and ridership numbers have spiked to nearly 70% of pre-COVID levels. It’s great news for everybody involved in…

In a private vote today, Red Deer City Council ratified the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569. The vote marks the conclusion of negotiations between he parties and sets up a 2-year deal that ends on December 31, 2022. Negotiations for a new agreement will commence late this fall…

OTTAWA – ATU Canada is encouraged by the announcement of $750 million in emergency transit funding made yesterday by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland but calls this a “band aid solution” and says more is needed for future funding crises likely to face public transit. The announcement came with two caveats; however, that provinces match the federal…

ATU Local 569 is pleased to announce the official creation of a brand new bargaining unit: Edmonton on Demand operators today voted 60 to 12 to join our union. WELCOME Sisters and Brothers of EOD. The work that the City contracted out has now come back home. To the veteran members of ATU 569: when…

Many of us are hurting right now. We are tired and frustrated. We are fearful and sad. Many of us are fed up.   As I write this, I am being told that trucks are arriving at City Hall in Edmonton. Even as we have kept pitching in to help each other through our second…

On February 02, ATU 569’s Red Deer bargaining unit ratified a new 2 year contract. The deal contained strong language causing part time jobs to be moved into full time jobs and a provision that protects members from contracting out. Congratulations to Red Deer members. Meanwhile, workers at Edmonton on Demand are still casting mail…