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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 Canada Joins Legal Fight Against Discriminatory Bill 21

TORONTO – ATU Canada announced today that they will contribute $10,000 towards the legal battle against the discriminatory Quebec piece of legislation, Bill 21, that prohibits people who work in certain jobs deemed to be positions of authority in the public sector to wear religious garb.
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Public Transit Left out of Ministerial Mandate Letters For Transportation and Infrastructure Ministers, ATU Canada Says

OTTAWA – ATU Canada is questioning if public transit is at all a priority for the Trudeau government after the release of its ministerial mandate letters earlier today. After an unusually long wait, the government has finally released their mandate letters to ministers including Minister of Transportation, Omar Alghabra and Infrastructure Minister Dominic Leblanc. Despite the fact that both portfolios deal heavily with public transit, there is almost no mention of it in either of their letters. Notably, Alghabra’s letter does not even mention public transit once.
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ATU Canada Calls Ford’s Dismissal of Transit Workers in Washroom Access Mandate Callous and Unacceptable

TORONTO – ATU Canada National President, John Di Nino is calling the Ford government’s dismissal of transit workers in the newly passed washroom access legislation a “callous and unacceptable move.”
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Throne Speech Leaves Out Transit Workers and Riders as Operational Transit Funding Completely Left Out, Says ATU Canada

OTTAWA – ATU Canada National President, John Di Nino, is voicing his frustration and disappointment with the federal government saying that the Throne Speech given this afternoon “completely leaves out transit workers and riders.” The federal government gave its Throne Speech Tuesday afternoon as Parliament resumed yesterday following the last federal election that took place earlier this Fall. Just like the federal budget announcement in April, there was no mention of additional transit funding for struggling transit agencies.
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ATU Canada Calls on TTC Commission to Take Action and Fire Rick Leary Amidst Most Recent Support Line Blunder

TORONTO – ATU Canada is calling the recent failure around the TTC worker helpline after the fallout from the ransomware attack “a continuation of the mismanagement of the TTC and reflection of their carelessness and neglect when it comes to its workers.” Earlier this week, it was announced that the data of 25,000 workers including many current and former ATU members, had been compromised. This included personal and employment information like their social insurance numbers. As a result, management had directed workers to call a support hotline.
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Ottawa's Transit Union Says Faulty Train Maintenance a Result of Shoddy P3 Deal, Should Bring Work In-House

OTTAWA – ATU 279, The local transit union in Ottawa that represents the city’s 3,000 transit workers, is calling the recent report from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) very alarming and concerning saying that this is the result of the city’s continued use of public private partnerships that place profit ahead of safety.