On Behalf of ATU 615 I would like to thank each and everyone of you for participating in this event.

You have travelled a long distance and sacrificed your time just to be with us and our members have seen firsthand that we have the ATU family supporting us as well as Saskatchewan Federation of Labor and Saskatoon District Labor Council affiliate locals as well as federal and provincial NDP and candidates for the upcoming civic election.

Your presence and wise words have inspired even further resolve in our quest to end this 4 year ordeal.

Please pass this on to your respective memberships and affiliates that we are proud to belong to the family of ATU and the labour movement in Saskatchewan and beyond.

FYI the rally was captured and posted on ATU 615 Facebook if you are interested in sharing the event.

Solidarity,

Jim Yakubowski
ATU 615 President/Business Agent

Check out the coverage of Saturdays rally via the links below:

CBC Canada
CTV News Sasktaoon
650 CKOM

On Behalf of ATU 615 I would like to thank each and everyone of you for participating in this event. You have travelled a long distance and sacrificed your time just to be with us and our members have seen firsthand that we have the ATU family supporting us as well as Saskatchewan Federation of Labor and Saskatoon District Labor Council affiliate locals as well as federal and provincial NDP and candidates for the upcoming civic election. Your presence and wise words have inspired even further resolve in our quest to end this 4 year ordeal. Please pass this on to your respective memberships and affiliates that we are proud to belong to the family of ATU and the labour movement in Saskatchewan and beyond. FYI the rally was captured and posted on ATU 615 Facebook if you are interested in sharing the event. Solidarity, Jim Yakubowski ATU 615 President/Business Agent

Check out the coverage of Saturdays rally via the links below:

CBC Canada
CTV News Sasktaoon
650 CKOM

“Kill the bus driver!”

That’s what the man yelled at Theresa Lewis after calling her a “witch” and a “devil worshiper.”

For Lewis, an OC Transpo driver for nearly a decade, threats and insults from unhinged passengers have become a disturbingly common occurrence, an unnerving workplace hazard she fears won’t stop until tragedy strikes.

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TORONTO, May 11, 2016 /CNW/ – ATU Canada labour leaders across the GTA are expressing their disappointment over not being invited or included in the recently announced Metrolinx meeting that took place in Toronto on April 27th 2016.

Toronto City TV reported that a meeting with Metrolinx and TTC senior management staff had taken place on that day.

This meeting opened an important and overdue dialogue with senior transit management staff, unfortunately for that meeting no invitation was extended to any of the ATU Canada labour leaders who represent the thousands of transit workers directly impacted by this massive transit initiative within the province.

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The Canadian Red Cross has mobilized to help the people affected by wildfires in Alberta. Massive wildfires have triggered the largest fire-related evacuation in Alberta’s history, and due to high temperatures and wind the situation has the potential to become more serious. 12 communities, including Fort McMurray, are currently impacted by the fires, which have damaged and destroyed homes and property.

When people evacuated their communities, they left not knowing if they would have homes to return to. Evacuated residents find themselves in need of a place to stay, food, water and basic supplies.

Canadians looking to help can make a donation to the Alberta Fires Appeal, which will help us deliver assistance to those who need it.

Hassan Yussuf and MaryAnn Mihychuk were also present at the event. Two-hundred and sixty unionist from across the country took part in the day meeting with 120 government officials asking for increases to the CPP, legislation officially banning asbestos and asking the government to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

In the last federal election, Canadians voted for “Real Change”. So why is the government considering ratification of the Conservative-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership?

Several teenagers assaulted a Metro Transit bus driver in a noontime attack at the Southdale stop in Edina, leaving their victim with potentially “life-altering” head injuries, authorities said.

A juvenile among the several suspects questioned has been arrested in connection with the attack, which occurred Thursday, Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla said Saturday night.

Padilla described the 22-year Metro Transit veteran driver as suffering “very serious” injuries. While declining to be specific, Padilla did say, “I think they had the potential to be life-altering.”

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Shadow, an injured Kelowna dog, used the #11 bus to try and find his owner who had died recently.

Image Credit: Contributed

 “HE ACTUALLY GOT ON THE RIGHT BUS.”
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