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Transit Worker Assault Awareness Day

17 Dec, 2025

Transit workers like all workers, deserve to go to work and come home safe. Full stop.

Happy Hanukkah

14 Dec, 2025

To all our members, transit riders, communities, and everyone marking the Festival of Lights, we wish you a Hanukkah filled with light, safety, and peace. Chag Sameach from ATU Canada President John Di Nino and the Executive Board.

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ATU observes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.

05 Dec, 2025

ATU observes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Today, marks the anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique massacre of 14 women in Montreal.

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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

25 Sep, 2020

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

20 Jul, 2020

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.

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Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Adjustment Submission

05 Jun, 2020

Submission for the Public Consultation on the CEWS Program

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Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Adjustment Submission

05 Jun, 2020

Submission for the Public Consultation on the CEWS Program

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STATEMENT REGARDING ACTS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN THE US AND CANADA

03 Jun, 2020

June 2, 2020— ATU Canada President, John Di Nino issued a statement regarding the acts of police brutality and anti-black racism in the US and Canada. We echo the chorus of activists and leaders demanding justice, accountability, and change at the mounting deaths of racialized people at the hands of police...continued

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ATU CANADA CALLS ON LONDON TRANSIT TO RELEASE ITS PANDEMIC SCREENING PROTOCOL FOR PARATRANSIT

21 Apr, 2020

April 21, 2020

Toronto—The Canadian President of the Amalgamated Transit Union is calling on London Transit to be transparent about how it screens paratransit clients during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Transit Worker Assault Awareness Day

Happy Hanukkah

ATU observes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.

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