Due to the ongoing crisis related to the COVID-19 virus and to ensure an accurate and complete vote, the Union is postponing the Ratification vote planned for April 03, 2020 on the Memorandum of Agreement until further notice. We will use this time to continue our efforts to ensure everyone is safe, everyone has a…

This update concerns mainly Operators working for ETS, but first, a couple of general points: Today, the Coalition Presidents and CUPE President John Mervyn signed a Letter of Understanding to allow the City to re-deploy its labour as needed during the Pandemic. The redeployments will not be held up by jurisdictional concerns, meaning you could…

The New Normal? As our dynamic world morphs into yet another phase of change, we look into the eye of the monster and stare it down. Italy has now surpassed China in the number of fatalities it has experienced due to the virus. As unhappy as that news is, particularly for Italy, it means that…

Where do I start?  This evening, I participated in an ATU International Townhall meeting for all Presidents. In this gathering, International President Costa announced the establishment of a Command Centre at the Union’s headquarters. The purpose of the Command Centre is twofold: First, to ensure the protection of ATU Members and their families and  Second,…

In order to reduce the amount of exposure between Operators and the public the City of Edmonton in discussions with your Union have agreed to implement temporary changes until conditions return to normal. Our Union understands the unique situation we’re in and we are working with the City every hour to reduce the amount of…

We live in interesting times. I met with City Manager Laughlin and DCM Cebryk late Friday afternoon. I had been sending increasingly demanding messages to them through Wednesday to Friday about protecting our members. On Friday, FST Damir Begovic and I met with them to hear that they had, finally, put in place an acceptable…