Transit drivers weren’t getting paid during Bomber games — and the union wants to fix that
Committee recommends ending union concession to forgo pay while waiting for fans
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A civic committee is being asked to endorse a recommendation for city hall to absorb $87,000 this year as a result of the end of a concession from transit drivers who weren’t being paid while waiting for CFL games to be played at IGF Stadium.
An administrative report to Tuesday’s public works committee meeting states that transit operators driving charter buses carrying fans to the stadium made a concession in 2013 when the IGF Stadium opened, agreeing to forego the pay they were owed to them while waiting for the game to be played.
The report states the union gave notice at the end of December that it is no longer willing to operate under that concession and wants drivers to be paid for the layover time.
Normally, Winnipeg Transit would have passed that cost onto the Winnipeg Football Club, but an administrative report recommends city hall absorb that cost for this year only because notice hadn’t been provided to the football team.
Aleem Chaudhary, president of ATU Local 1505, said the concession was made to help the football club transition to the new stadium and to help Transit secure charter service for fans wanting to get to the game.
Chaudhary said the union now feels both the stadium operation and the football club no longer require the concession and the terms of the collective agreement should be honoured.
The Winnipeg Football Club last week reported a profit on the 2017 season of $5.1 million, an increase of $2.3 million from the 2016 season.
The team also reported it has paid city hall $3.8 million since 2013 for charter transit services.
The report says Transit will bill the football team for the full cost of charter services beginning with the 2019 season.
While the committee will consider the recommendation, the final decision rests with council.
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca