Classes will be held as normal at Humber on Friday. Both the TTC and its union are reporting a framework settlement has been reached to avoid a strike, for now.
From the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 website:
We are pleased to announce that we have reached a framework settlement with the TTC that allows us
to put the strike on hold.We will continue to work through details and to arrive at a fair and reasonable contract that we can
recommend to our members to ratify.Our demands have been reasonable. We asked the TTC for assurance on job security, for protections on
contracting out our jobs, for improvement in benefits for active members and pensioners.Today we finally saw action on these critical issues.
TTC Char Rick Leary released a statement on the TTC website:
I am extremely pleased that we’ve been able to reach a tentative framework settlement with ATU Local 113, and avoid any job action and service disruptions.
This is a fair deal that is affordable for the TTC and respectful of the important work the 11,500 members of ATU Local 113 do every day to keep our system safe and our service reliable.
As the settlement still needs to be ratified by the union membership and approved by TTC Board, we cannot share details at this time.
I want to thank the TTC Board for its guidance and leadership as well as members of both bargaining teams for their hard work to reach this framework settlement without any negative impact on TTC customers.
