ATU has kept up the fight to achieve civilized order and eliminate violence on the Transit system. We’ve done it through lobbying, through persistent media response, television interviews, the armband “WE Deserve to be Safe” campaign and more. During the second week of September, we take our campaign up another notch, as we launch our…
Reports to City Council
Next Tuesday, ETS Administration will deliver 3 reports to City Council’s Urban Planning Committee. The first deals with Transit Service levels and the need to ramp it up. You can read the report here: Transit Service Options The second deals with youth after school service Here: Bus Service For Youth The third deals with developer-funded…
Lobbying Ottawa
On Wednesday, Steve Bradshaw and Jerry Gill met with Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and MPs Heather McPherson and Blake DesJarlais. Discussions centered on the high need for Ottawa to step into the difficult problem of disorder on our Transit Systems. We also spoke about the need for federal operational funding for transit systems nation…
Air Conditioned Busses
Late Friday afternoon, Transit Fleet Maintenance’s Director Derek Hanson contacted us with great news: they’ve finally tracked down the problem with the retro-fit air conditioning. This very serious problem will likely affect all of the retro-fit units (not the 7000s), so it’s great that they’ve got to the bottom of it now. It appears that…
ETS Inspectors Vote Overwhelmingly to Return to Union
Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Edmonton Transit’s Inspector group back to ATU. Now that they are members of our Union, we can move forward as one unit, working together for everyone’s best interests. Following a short but intense organizing period, Edmonton Transit’s Inspector group have hammered out a mandate for change. More than…
Cost of Benefits Update
First, with the imminent advent of the first day of summer, I want to wish everyone the best of the season and may those wildfires be permanently doused! It’s benefit premium adjustment season and, like all of the Coalition Unions, ATU is experiencing some ups and downs. We all know that our benefits are cost-shared…