The union representing Hamilton transit workers says employees are planning to walk off the job on Thursday after members rejected the latest contract offer.
In a news release, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 107, which represents about 880 City of Hamilton employees, confirmed that they will be in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. on November 9.
“Our working conditions are far different than those working from an office setting or from home. We have no security or safety from assaults. We don’t work 9 to 5 with standard 8 hour shifts starting and finishing in the same location, and we don’t have ready access to restrooms along transit routes.”
The city added that it anticipates “conventional transit services will cease operations” at the end of the day on Nov. 8 but said accessible transportation services offered by DARTS Transit will not be impacted.
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