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Philadelphia public transit workers strike over pay
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 1 month ago
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Bus, subway and trolley service in Philadelphia halted on Tuesday as transit workers went on strike over wages, pensions and health benefits. Talks between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union Local 234 broke...
Tags: Philadelphia, transit workers, transit strike, largest union, philadelphia transit, strike early, workers strike, Philly, trolley operations, union went
Ottawa transit talks skid to halt
Ottawa :: Canada | 10 months ago
Credibility All talks between city officials and the striking transit union are off. In a memo to city councillors, Mayor Larry O'Brien said the informal talks with the federal mediator ended yesterday afternoon. "The federal mediator has suggested that since the...
Tags: Ottawa, informal talks, city council, bargaining table, transit workers, strike transit, federal mediator
Ottawa transit workers reject deal
Ottawa :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility Ottawa transit workers have rejected the city's offer nearly three-to-one, prolonging a strike that has kept buses off the roads in the nation's capital for 30 days. "We knew our membership would support our recommendation," said Jim Haddad, secretary-treasurer...
Tags: Ottawa Citizen, ottawa transit, transit workers, union members, transit strike, Jim Haddad, members vote
Voting to determine fate of Ottawa transit strike begins
Ottawa :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility Ottawa transit workers were to cast ballots Thursday to determine whether their strike, in its 30th day, will end or continue. Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 were ordered by federal Labour Minister Rona Ambrose to vote on the City of Ottawa's...
Tags: City of Ottawa, ottawa transit, contract offer, transit workers, latest contract, transit strike
Transit union 'very confident' striking workers will reject contract offer
Ottawa :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility Union executives André Cornellier (left) and Randy Graham (right) said they are confident striking transit workers will reject the city's offer. (Simon Gardner/CBC) Leaders of Ottawa's striking transit union said they strongly believe their members will...
Tags: City of Ottawa, Ottawa Morning, transit workers, contract offer, strike transit
Transit strike hits snowbound Ottawa
Ottawa :: Canada | 12 months ago
Credibility Commuters in Canada's capital city were grappling not only with more than 12 inches of fresh snow Wednesday morning, but an Ottawa transit strike. As heavy snow fell Tuesday night, city spokesman Michael Fitzpatrick broke the news talks between OC Transpo...
Tags: Ottawa Citizen, transit strike, OC Transpo, ottawa transit, transit workers, maintenance workers
Wildcat Strike Paralyzes Toronto Transit
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Thousands of Toronto commuters were stranded early Saturday morning by a wildcat strike by transit workers. Buses, streetcars and subways shut down at midnight despite assurances from the Amalgamated Transit Union 48 hours notice would be given, the Toronto...
Tags: Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto Sun, transit workers, transit strike, Amalgamated Transit Union, Canada, tentative contract, surprise strike, public transit, toronto commute
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