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…
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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…
ATU Members Support Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has hit many of us hard. Some of the hardest hit are our members who have a direct link to Ukraine as it’s their homeland. Others have friends and family just trying to manage life in the war torn country. Early on in the war two ATU Local 569 members and…
Keeping Your Cool in the Summer’s Heat
Hi, Everyone: Here’s some timely advice from Operator Representative Anita Gates. It was originally intended to be included in the newsletter you received recently but did not make that publication. In any case, with still, hopefully a few hot days to encounter this season, it contains a lot of valuable thoughts and tips about keeping…