Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505
401-275 Broadway R3C 4M6 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

PBA Romeo Ignacio, EVP James Van Gerwen, Functional Transit Winnipeg, Derek Koop, and Councillor Matt Allard met this morning to discuss masks on public transit, the return of full summer service for the citizens of Winnipeg and the dedicated funding for Transit operations that the Federal government will match to whatever the Province chips in. For the last 2 weeks, the full time officers have met with every city councillor to discuss your concerns and to bring light the problems that still exist. Thank you for your continued support.

I was actually taking the bus from here to go to St. Vital and the bus was so packed that I just left, I waited for the next one, cuz I don’t want to get sick, said Transit user Tammy Goldwaldt, who awaited the bus on Osborne Street Tuesday. https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/city-monitoring-buses-for-overc

James Van Gerwen, vice-president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505, said drivers have reported dozens of complaints about overcrowded buses since the changes took effect Monday. The city has yet to release its own numbers. For a standard bus during the pandemic, Van Gerwen said the union deems overcrowding to occur any time more than 15 people are on board at the same time. "I’m unsure if (Transit has) enough resources to even fix this problem," he said. "They don’t... have the (drivers) right now to keep up with the demand." To address the issue, Van Gerwen repeated his union’s call for the city to reverse the service frequency cuts and a related layoff of 253 drivers. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com//city-says-its-keeping-c

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Thank you Mintu Sandhu MLA For The Maples!