By now, you’ll have heard from media sources or just from word-of-mouth around our workplaces, that DATS members have taken a strike vote. It happened at a special meeting on Saturday April 01. And it was unanimous. But it doesn’t mean that we’re grabbing signs and headed for the picket line. No, not yet, at…

Good afternoon, Please see the attached link to the CECU statement on the tragic events earlier this morning. CECU statement

Today, two City of Edmonton police constables were fatally attacked in the line of duty. It is a dark day. The Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 569 extends our deepest condolences to the families of Constables Jordan and Ryan. The senseless loss of these front line workers’ lives in the line of duty is a loss…

The work of a DATS (Dedicated Accessible Transit Service) operator is every bit as valuable as that of a conventional operator. It’s that simple. But the City of Edmonton chooses to discriminate against these workers by paying them less. IT’S TIME TO STOP THE DISCRIMINATION. ATU will hold a rally this Friday, March 3, 2023…

A far-right propaganda outlet posing as journalists is soliciting gripes and complaints from ETS Operators with which to harass Mayor Sohi. We all want better safety and security on our Transit System and much effort is being expended to get us there. In the meantime, this so-called “news source” is promising anonymity and confidentiality to…

Ex-Edmonton City Councilor Michael Walters made several assertions in a recent column about city council’s decision to withdraw from the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Transit Commission that deserve careful scrutiny. In his list of reasons why the Commission initiative failed, Walters lists first  “The outsized influence of the local transit union at city hall.” While ATU…