Add Your Voice!

Add your voice to the call for Edmonton City Council to do more to solve the homeless crisis. While ATU is demanding that City Council increase security on the Transit System by adding TPOs, these people still need a place to go. Today’s solution has many of them just drifting back into the system after…

Alberta’s greatest resource is….

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…

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…