Friend— Instead of facing voters in the open seat in Calgary, Danielle Smith forced an MLA to resign and left working families in Calgary without a representative. Today we launched a new ad—to remind Danielle Smith and every politician who wants our vote—that workers are Alberta’s greatest resource. It’s our work that keeps our communities…
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ATU Local 1587 Strikes GO Transit!
Our Sisters and Brothers at ATU Local 1587 in the GTA have been pushed to the limit. Their employer – an agency of the Ford government in Ontario – is poised to contract out their work. We’ve had our belly full of contracting out here in Edmonton and Alberta – and we keep on winning….
ATU CANADA Stands in Solidarity with CUPE/OSBCU in Defending Workers’ Rights
Yesterday, Ontario’s Ford government moved to block strike action by 55,000 CUPE members by invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, stripping the workers of their constitutional human rights and undermining labour negotiations. Ontario can now violate workers’ rights for up to 5 years, imposing fines of $4,000/day on workers and $500,000/day on their Unions. ATU Canada moved quickly…
DATS Operators Launch Campaign to End Discrimination
Edmonton, AB – Fed up with Edmonton Transit Service’s disrespect, poor pay, and mistreatment, Dedicated Accessible Transit Service (DATS) workers, represented by ATU Local 569-Edmonton, AB, are launching a campaign to end discrimination against workers and riders. “Edmonton Transit Service’s DATS Operators provide an essential service to our community for people who depend on DATS every…
ATU Canada Submits Paper on Permanent Public Transit Funding in Canada
Attached is the ATU Canada submission to the Federal Government’s request for input to their proposal to start helping to fund Transit operations across the country. This is something we’ve been hammering away at over past years, convinced as we are that municipalities should not have to go it alone to ensure transit operations are…
Regional Transit? Not Such a Good Deal
On September 07, next Wednesday, City Administration will deliver its report on implementation of Phase one of the Regional Transit initiative to Executive Committee of City Council. ATU has worked long and hard to fight this fatally flawed plan and not just because it isn’t good for workers. It’s a disaster for riders and the…