GO Transit workers reach tentative deal

GO Transit workers reach tentative deal

Go Transit buses are pictured in this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, file photo. Cam Woolley

GO Transit buses are operating as usual Monday after the union representing drivers and Metrolinx agreed to a tentative contract agreement.
The sides reached a last-minute deal late Sunday as drivers were poised to walk off the job at midnight.
GO Transit said its 40,000 daily commuters can expect normal service Monday.
Details of the tentative agreement aren't being released. Employees will vote on the proposed deal later this week.
The workers are represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union.
For more information, people can visit Go Transit's website
Meanwhile, bus drivers and mechanics in York Region Transit's southeast and north divisions walked off the job Monday at 4 a.m. after their union and employers – Miller Transit and First Canada – failed to reach a new contract.
Drivers and mechanics for five Viva express routes are also on strike.

GO bus talks face midnight Sunday deadline

A GO Transit bus is shown in this photo.

TORONTO — The union representing GO Transit bus workers says negotiations with Metrolinx are stalled.
Amalgamated Transit Union local 1587 says if there's no agreement by midnight Sunday, workers will be on strike for the first time.
Union spokesman Ray Doyle says there has been no wage offer beyond a zero per cent increase from the company.
Metrolinx was reprimanded by the Ontario Labour Relations Board recently for trying to back out of an agreement with the union.
The agreement, signed last March, stipulates that all GO bus bargaining unit members were entitled to strike.
The union local represents 1,530 GO Transit bus workers.