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2021 Holiday Message from ATU Canada President, John Di Nino

2021 has been another difficult year for our members and our union. We have continued to lose loved ones, declining ridership on our transit system and governments unwilling to do anything about it. Despite these difficulties however, you have continued to preserve and see some wins along the way.
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2021 Winner of Marcel Malboeuf Scholarship: Julian Papasodaro

We are pleased to announce that Julian Papasodaro, whose parent is a member of ATU Local 1587, is the recepient of this year's Marcel Malboeuf Scholarship Award!

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Public Transit Operations Remain in Financial Crisis – Federal Funding Needed Now

OCTOBER 20, 2020 -- Dear Prime Minister: Millions of people from coast to coast are depending on a just recovery for public transit. Over the past several months, our organizations have stood together with other transit industry, municipal government, and labour allies in calling on the Federal Government for emergency operational funding for public transit.
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THRONE SPEECH RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE... BUT WE NEED A NATIONAL TRANSIT STRATEGY WITH DEDICATED OPERATIONAL FUNDING

September 23, 2020—Governor General’s Throne Speech does not go far enough in supporting the kind of mass public transit that Canadians need and want to see during the economic recovery from COVID-19.
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Statement from Canada’s Transit Union on Tour Bus Accident – Jasper, Alberta

TORONTO, July 20, 2020—The Amalgamated Transit Union is deeply saddened to hear about the tragic tour bus accident on July 18th at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper, Alberta.