TORONTO — The union representing 2,200 GO Transit bus drivers, station attendants, safety officers, and maintenance workers says they will go on strike Oct. 31 if they do not reach a deal on a new contract.
CityNews Toronto reports Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 President Rob Cormier said the union will walk out at 12:01 a.m. on the 31st unless a deal is reached.
He said in a press release that GO Transit parent agency Metrolinx has not made an offer “addressing our most important issue on the table, which is protection against contracting out.”
Metrolinx said in a statement to CityNews that negotiations continue and that a strike is “unnecessary and avoidable,” and that it has already agreed to 67 improvements. It said it has a plan in place to continue service and that train operations would not be disrupted by a strike.
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