NR: City requests federal Labour minister to order ATU Local 279 vote

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Ottawa – Today, the City has written to the Minister of Labour, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, to order the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 279 to put the City’s latest contract offer to a vote of the union’s membership.

Under the Canada Labour Code, section 108.1 the Minister may call and monitor a vote by the union’s members of the City’s last offer.


This is a blow to unions everywhere. Not because of the Cities actions in forcing a vote, but because if the vote actually succeeds, then it means the Union which purports to represent it's members , in fact does not. They have failed to do their jobs, and they should hang their heads in shame and resign.

But they won't. Of course not.