TORONTO — GO Transit parent Metrolinx and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 have reached tentative agreement on a new contract, averting a possible strike by 2,200 GO Transit workers that was set to begin on Monday, Oct. 31.
The CBC reports union members will vote on the agreement next week.
The union represents bus drivers, station attendants, safety officers, and maintenance workers. Metrolinx had said it had a plan to continue GO Transit commuter rail operations even in the event of a strike [see “Some GO Transit workers could strike …,” Trains News Wire, Oct. 21, 2022].
The two sides began contract talks in April. The union has been working without an agreement since June 1.
