This is information for all members who are wondering about the Critical Worker Benefit Program – the Provincial Government response to the extra burden and risk carried by “Critical Workers” during the pandemic. Working with Labour Relations Branch Manager, Denis Jubenville, we’ve been advised that no municipal employee will qualify for this benefit. Not the…

The Union has been informed that a Request for Proposals has been ordered by the City of Edmonton for contracting out of bus cleaning. The process for generating such a proposal is in its infancy. Transit Fleet Maintenance management has begun the process of understanding the changes needed to support such a move. That’s where…

In a surprise move a couple of weeks ago, City Council used up its remaining COVID-19 Reserve Fund by giving almost $23 million dollars to residential developers. The gift will happen by way of tax breaks. ATU and our partner Unions, CSU and CUPE will go to the negotiating table shortly. City managers and councillors…

It was an exciting week last week, as we took off the gloves and dispensed with the niceties. The Regional Transit Service Commission, (RTSC), finally got provincial approval. And they got it because ATU members stood up in droves to say “NOT GOOD ENOUGH”. They got it because we appealed to the citizens of St. Albert…

St. Albert Coun. Wes Brodhead is answering the fears of the local transit union after the group launched a petition vocalizing their concerns over the future of transit in the region. Steve Bradshaw, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569, said the union is fearful of changes that regionalizing transit could bring, like job losses…

The Core Team is out there with the Regionalization Petition in Edmonton and St. Albert. Please watch for them, sign their sheet and take a blank and get your co-workers to signup as well. The Executive meets with the Chair & Vice Chair of the Regional Transit Service Commission next week. We need to be…