By now, you’ve probably received a letter from your employer, the City of Edmonton, detailing the self-described “fair” offer they have made to ATU members in ETS Main. The letter is signed by Deputy City Manager Kim Armstrong. Ms. Armstrong has not been at our negotiating table. Nor has the Branch Manager who reports to…

When: Monday September 27 from 7pm to 8pm Where: ATU Local 569’s Facebook site With all that’s happening in our workplaces this week and considering that we’re once again unable to hold an in-person membership meeting, the Executive Board wants to invite you to a special Facebook live meeting. The meeting will have 2 reporting topics: ETS…

In previous messages, we’ve expressed that ATU Canada worked with the Canadian Labour Congress to develop a comprehensive, considered opinion about the mandating of COVID vaccines. ATU Local 569 ascribes to that opinion. Here are a few of the things it says: Canada’s unions strongly support vaccination against COVID-19 for every Canadian that can be…

By now many of you have heard that ETS Main is going to be voting on a contract. So, what’s going on? In the course of our ETS Main negotiations over the past year, the City has made harsh demands. They want to cut maintenance workers’ signups down from 3 a year to 1 per…

The Unions representing City workers signed a Letter of Understanding with the City declaring September 30 “a day of honouring and acknowledging Truth and Reconciliation.” While it is not, technically, a Statutory Holiday, “the parties agree that the Statutory Holiday provisions of each respective collective agreement will apply on this date;” Thus, ATU members are…

None of our employers have, yet, put in place a mandatory vaccine policy. The City of Edmonton is considering it. The City of Calgary has done it. The City of Toronto has done it. It could come to us.   The Canadian Labour Congress, working with its affiliates, including ATU, has developed a unified statement…