Metro Transit Strike

Bus Riders Make Video in Support of Transit Workers

bsichel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:42:25 +0000

Social media was abuzz yesterday with criticism of striking transit workers' decision to block snowplows for 10 minutes. But some HRM residents instead went to the picket lines and made this video in an attempt to show support for the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 508, on strike since Feb. 2.

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Shedding Light on Labour Disputes

bsichel — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:13:09 +0000

St. Mary's profs look for ways to inform public on labour-management disputes

Health care workers, university professors, water commission workers, beer bottlers, and of course, bus drivers: these are just some of those recently or currently embroiled in contract negotiations in Nova Scotia.

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Hold Up. There's No Hold Up

Miles Howe — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:27:11 +0000

10 minutes max, says ATU prez Ken Wilson, as union offers to have management-driven Access-A-Buses leave on time

HALIFAX - It would appear that many Haligonians have fallen for the Chronicle Herald's headline “Union Vows to Hold Up Access-A-Buses.” The headline does tug at the heartstrings: the notion of cruel union types keeping transit from those who need it most incites anger

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