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Buses will run Thursday: Tentative agreement averts HSR strike
HamiltonThe deal was announced just 90 minutes before a strike could have begun.Wages were a sticking point in negotiations, according to union presidentCBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2019 10:35 PM ET | Last Updated: December 19HSR buses will run as usual Thursday after the city and union representing transit workers managed to make a…
The deal was announced just 90 minutes before a strike could have begun.
Wages were a sticking point in negotiations, according to union president
CBC News ·
HSR buses will run as usual Thursday after the city and union representing transit workers managed to make a last-minute deal, averting a strike.
Bus drivers, mechanics and other transit workers represented by ATU Local 107 were in legal strike or lockout position as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
But just before 10:30 P.M Wednedsay, the city announced a tentative deal had been reached. Because the union negotiating team is recommending the deal be accepted, the city said there would be no labour disruption.
Details of the agreement will only be released after the union membership votes on the deal and ratifies it.
The deal follows months of bargaining between the city and union who have been trying since February to reach a deal.
Local 107 president Eric Tuck previously told CBC the two sides had been able work out several issues, including washroom breaks, but hadn't able to settle on wages.
“Currently we are about $3-4 less an hour than other transit properties in the GTA,” he explained at the time.
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