In a word, NO. Following last week’s grand announcement that Edmonton Police Service would be using Edmonton’s TPO Corps to engage the fentanyl battle, ATU issued a media interview on the topic. Since then, we asked for and got a meeting with Branch Manager David Jones to discuss the ramifications going forward. Here are the results: This initiative…

ADD YOUR VOICE They’re out there! In case you haven’t seen them the Core team are in our workplaces asking you to sign a petition and click a photo. What’s it all about? First, a brief negotiations update. We’ve met the City numerous times and have signed off a number of non-monetary items. The City…

At yesterday’s monthly membership meeting, following delivery of the ETS negotiations report, a motion came from the floor to authorize strike action against the city. That motion was seconded, roundly discussed and voted on. The result was practically unanimous to support the motion. So, what does it all mean? There are a number of required…

Today, ATU met again with the City of Edmonton to negotiate on our long overdue contract. Among other things, we discussed the Union’s proposal on a number of wage adjustments (including HETs), the conversion of CSOs to Transit Operators, and some specialized equipment premiums. The City did not agree (or disagree) with any of those…

Since our contract expired 13 months ago (Yes, more than a year ago!), we’ve had 11 days of bargaining. ATU has offered more than 60 dates. The City has taken only 11. We had to take them to the Labour Relations Board to get them to the table. The City has refused to negotiate on…