About two o’clock today, Monday April 4th, in a public vote after meeting in camera to review the Mediator’s Report and Recommendations, Edmonton City Council voted unanimously to ratify the deal and ATU ETS Main have a contract. Congratulations to the bargaining teams on both sides for getting through a very difficult round of bargaining…

On March 25, City Council͛ s Utility Committee unanimously rejected an attempt move toward privatizingthe multi–unit collections area of Waste Services. In June of 2021, Utility Committee (under the previousCity Council) had directed City Administration to bring back a report looking at what a full privatizationof multi–unit collections would look like. Click on the link…

On Monday members at ETS Main voted to ratify the mediators recommendations. We are now waiting for City Council to ratify.

Here’s a little heads-up for all ETS Main & DATS members: The deadline for submitting healthcare expenses incurred in 2021 is April 30, 2022. This means that, if you have not submitted receipts for healthcare services you paid for in 2021 by the end of April, they will not be honored. If you don’t have…

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…