GO Transit workers vote to ratify new agreement
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“We are very pleased the ATU 1587 membership voted in favour of the tentative agreement finalizing the three-year contract,” the statement read. “Bus operators, station ambassadors, transit safety and office staff all returned to work last Friday and GO bus services successfully resumed on Saturday.”
Rob Cormier, president of Local 1587 said members “proved that they were willing to go to the mat to protect good union jobs for themselves and future generations of GO Transit workers.”2,200 GO Transit workers on strike after failed contract talks, no bus service“When I stood on the picket lines and attended rallies, I saw firsthand their strength, unity and solidarity. Before their strike, our members did not know where they would be working in a few years,” Costa said.
Costa said the workers now have “job security and the guarantee that their new roles after the transfer would pay them wages equivalent to or greater than their current pay.”
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