The ATU remains fully prepared to defend the Cinder Bed Road Bus Garage workers’ rights in the court room, at the bargaining table, and in the streets.
To honor and celebrate Oscar’s life, legacy, and more than 53 years of service, ATU will be holding the memorial service at the ATU headquarters at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center.
“They need to see it because the same workers that are walking in through these doors—the day will come when they get a letter that says, ‘We no longer need your service because we’re going to privatize,'” says Latrice Smith
ATU 689 has been at odds with Transdev ever since Metro contracted its Cinder Bed Road Bus garage to the company last year.
The union that represents Fairfax Connector drivers indicated that a strike is possible amid an ongoing labor dispute with Transdev, the operations contractor of the Fairfax Connector service.
The union representing OC Transpo drivers says the city's failure to fill more than 30 Para Transpo positions left vacant for more than a year has had a major impact on the service.
“We are here today to ask Governor Cuomo to sign S6208 and reinstate the EPP,” said Michael Cordiello, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181,the city’s largest school bus workers union.
Local 279 says it's becoming increasingly concerned about the physical safety and mental well-being of its members as passenger frustration over the problem-plagued LRT system threatens to boil over.
