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CT Vaccine Mandate Update #2 Oct 22, 2021

Lela.Perkins on Today, October 23 - 3:15pm

Brothers and Sisters of ATU 1576,

As promised in our last letter, we are keeping our members updated on the progress of our impact bargaining over CT’s new policy on employee vaccination. Here are the most recent updates:

CT - New Safety and Accident Review Committee Members

Lela.Perkins on Tuesday, October 19 - 3:52pm

The new members for the Safety Committee are:

Pierre Sarey (P) Laura Montano (A)

Inder Sharma (P) Josh Uhrig (A)

Mark Myers (P) John Nicholls (A)

Darrell Johnson (P) Rebecca Brandis (A)

Accident Review Committee:

Darrell Johnson (P) Laura Montato (A)

Matt Chomjak (P) Sean Booth (A)

COVID-19 vaccine clinic coming to Community Transit – Saturday, Oct. 23

Lela.Perkins on Monday, October 11 - 2:07pm

The Snohomish Health District will hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on site at Merrill Creek Admin Building on Saturday, October 23. The clinic will be open to Community Transit Employees, First Transit and Transdev contractors, and Sound Transit employees and their family members.

You must have your agency-issued ID-badge to enter the facility and family members must be escorted by the employee/contractor.

Community Transit COVID Mandate Reponse

Lela.Perkins on Friday, October 8 - 6:42pm

Brothers and Sisters of ATU 1576,

We all have been watching the news for several weeks now as millions of Americans face looming deadlines to get COVID-19 vaccines, as employee mandates take effect all across the country. We were not surprised when Community Transit CEO Ric Ilgenfritz instituted a policy late last month requiring all employees to comply with company-wide vaccination mandate or face separation from employment, if no reasonable accommodation is granted to them.

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ATU International News Feed

The ATU: Improved pay and benefits critical to addressing school bus worker shortage
What’s missing from this industry is that you really can’t make a career out of it,” said Michael Cordiello, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, representing more than 12,000 school bus workers in New York City and across the state. — Oct 21
Ontario Provincial Washroom Mandate Should Include Transit Operators Says ATU Canada
TORONTO - ATU Canada is decrying the new washroom access mandate from the Ford government saying that it must include transit operators. — Oct 20
DDOT bus schedule change leaves riders and drivers frustrated
Local 26-Detroit, MI pushes back on service cuts which will hurt both bus drivers and riders. — Oct 20
Transit drivers vote for strike mandate
Frustrated by a lack of respect despite working through the pandemic and slow progress in contract talks, Local 966-Thunder Bay, ON transit workers vote to authorize strike if necessary. — Oct 18
Lieutenant governor honors union leaders Ed Barnes and Roy Jennings for public service
At the scaled-down event held at the Vancouver Hilton Hotel, the Roundtable honored IBEW Local 48 member Ed Barnes and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 member Roy Jennings for their public service and dedication to the labor movement. — Oct 14

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