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ATU calls out Windsor Mayor and City Council for Mismanagement of Transit Windsor and Proposed Transit cuts of $1.4 million while ridership has increased 80% in 2023 over previous year and 7% in 2024

Windsor, ON, January 8, 2025 – Transit ridership has seen a tremendous increase over the past two years, something most cities across Canada have strived to achieve since the pandemic.  However, Transit Windsor has not kept up with the pace of grow

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ATU demands transit systems implement “Safe Service” policies — Union reminds employers that transit workers have legal right to refuse hazardous work

Silver Spring, MD April 14, 2020 — “More than 300 of the transit agencies where our members work have failed to implement critical changes needed to keep their workers and riders safe, even as a second wave of this deadly virus sweeps across the continent,” wrote ATU International President John Costa in a letter to all 600 transit properties where ATU members work. “
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Frontline Transit Workers forgotten and at Risk amid COVID-19 — Union’s petition demands action from Ottawa to protect transit workers and preserve essential transit service

TORONTO March 31, 2020—Transit workers have not been provided personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves – yet they continue to work – moving the general public including essential workers in healthcare, emergency services, grocery, pharmacy and other deemed essential services.
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Canada’s Transit Union Statement on City of Windsor Bus Closure

TORONTO March 27, 2020—John Di Nino, President of Amalgamated Transit Union, Canada (ATU Canada) released the following statement regarding today’s news and comments made by the City of Windsor’s Mayor, Drew Dilkens.
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Canada's Transit Union Calls for Federal Payroll Subsidies in Transit Industry

TORONTO, MARCH 17—The President of Canada’s largest transit union is releasing a set of demands to weather the novel coronavirus crisis, including payroll subsidies for all transit agencies and contractors.
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Bus Operators in Airdrie, Alberta Vote to Join ATU Local 987

AIRDRIE, ALBERTA, MARCH 9-- A large majority of bus operators who drive in and out of the City of Airdrie voted to join the Amalgamated Transit Union. These bus drivers do the vital work of moving commuters to school, stores and to their jobs in Airdrie and Calgary.
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ATU Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

TORONTO, MARCH 5-- ATU Canada, in conjunction with ATU International, release the following statement regarding COVID-19. *Please see the resources page for links that may be helpful: https://www.atucanada.ca/members-resources/covid-19