Transit union votes in favour of new contract with city
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Looks like second time is the charm for the city’s transit workers.
After a second round of negotiations, 60 per cent of the members of the amalgamated transit union voted in favour of their new contract with the city of Winnipeg; 1015 ballots were cast with 607 voting yes and 406 voting no.
Earlier this month a tentative agreement was made between the ATU negotiators and the city. However, it was struck down by members of Local 1505 after 51 per cent of its members voted against the four-year settlement offer.
ATU President John Callahan told the Free Press at the time that the first tentative agreement was rejected by members after it had relegated many issues involving driver safety and security and working conditions to be resolved through letters of understanding — a process the members no longer trust.
“Our members see those documents as only paper and question the city’s commitment to resolve these matters,” Callahan said. “A letter is only good as the people willing to pursue it.”
Council still has to ratify the new contract.
Winnipeg Transit carries 130,000 riders per weekday and employs about 1,100 bus drivers and 250 maintenance staff.
A call to Callahan for comment was not immediately returned.
