City, transit workers' union reach tentative contract agreement

City, transit workers' union reach tentative contract agreement

The City of Ottawa and the main union representing transit workers have reached a tentative agreement on a contract, a city negotiator said Saturday.

City solicitor Stuart Huxley announced the tentative agreement in an email Saturday afternoon.

“At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 30, the bargaining teams for the city and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 279 (ATU 279) reached a tentative agreement for the renewal of the collective agreement for employees in the conventional transit bargaining unit,” Huxley noted.

ATU 279 represents about 2,300 bus operators, rail operators, mechanics, dispatchers, fare inspectors, and fleet and facilities maintenance staff.

The latest collective agreement expired at the end of March.

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