TORONTO, JUNE 4, 2019—The Getting Ontario Moving Act was passed in the Ontario legislature today and the President of the Amalgamated Transit Union says
Toronto--The Canadian President of the largest transit union in the country is echoing the call for bus shields coming out of Thunder Bay, Ontario where a bus operator was brutally assaulted on Boxing Day during a fare dispute.
“After months of negotiations, this contract recognizes our members for the heroes they truly are,” said union president Raymond Jackson in a statement Thursday evening, after the agreement was formally reached.— May 6
Pointing to the need for a strong candidate who stands up for working Floridians and is pro-union, pro-transit, and a fighter, the ATU Florida State Leg. Conf. Board have announced their endorsement of Congresswoman Val Demings for U.S. Senate.— May 4
“This union has repeatedly realized that when these companies don’t listen bargain in good faith and do right by their employees [that] this union is not afraid of striking, but it’s obviously… their last resort,” Wivell says.— May 2
