International Convention Delegates 2022

Delegates: Steve Bradshaw, Damir Begovic, Daryll Miller, Jennifer Schmidt, Raj Brar, Darlene Malayko, Bob Relkov, Mike Trupish, Leigh McCabe, Lawanda Ramsay. Alternates: Tejinder Machhiana & Daniel Revega.

Edmonton City Council Ratifies ATU 569 Main Contract

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…

Another Contracting Out Disaster Avoided: When We Stand Together, We Win Together

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…

ETS Main Ratifies Contract

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

Healthcare Spending Account Deadline Approaches

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…

ETS to Resume Full Service

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…