Grand River Transit

[ac3r]

A tentative agreement has been reached between The Region of Waterloo and UNIFOR, Local 4304, representing Grand River Transit, busPLUS, MobilityPLUS operators, reservationists, fleet mechanics and service attendants.

While the Region remains optimistic that transit service will continue uninterrupted, the union remains in a legal position to strike as early as Monday May 1. We encourage customers to have alternate plans in place in the event of a disruption.

Hopefully they don't strike.

[bravado]

No buses tomorrow, there’s a strike.

Announced a tentative agreement today and then a strike at 10PM on a Sunday. The region and the union have no respect for citizens who need this to be reliable.

https://twitter.com/grt_row/status/1652854327084478465

[ijmorlan]

Will the LRT still run? What about LRT bus replacement, if needed?

[EdM]

Will the LRT still run? What about LRT bus replacement, if needed?

GRT tweets: Beginning, Monday, May 1, Grand River Transit buses will not run due to a strike. Customer Service Centres will be closed. ION trains will continue to operate. Visit http://grt.ca/updates for more information.

[ZEBuilder]

Will the LRT still run? What about LRT bus replacement, if needed?

In the event that the LRT goes down I doubt there would be replacement because it's being done by GRT driver's not Keolis.

[KevinL]

The 2020 strike lasted 11 days, during the coldest part of January. Any guesses on how long this one will be?

[ac3r]

Ugh what a pain in the ass this will be.

[timc]

The 2020 strike lasted 11 days, during the coldest part of January. Any guesses on how long this one will be?

I still have a balance on my fare card from that strike.

[ac3r]

Someone on Reddit posted this thread with a ridiculous question and it got me thinking: if someone crashed into the train or there was an outage for some reason, there'd be absolutely no way to get around the city while the strike is on since GRT comes in to operate the 301R buses when necessary. Hopefully we never run into that sort of situation.

[clasher]

lol what do you think the scooters are for?

[plam]

No buses tomorrow, there’s a strike.

Announced a tentative agreement today and then a strike at 10PM on a Sunday. The region and the union have no respect for citizens who need this to be reliable.

https://twitter.com/grt_row/status/1652854327084478465

Who should take the hit? I don't think it should be on one of the sides to give up everything. Then that's not a negotiation, that's a dictation.

[panamaniac]

What is the union asking for?

[ac3r]

No idea to be honest but they don't exactly make a comfortably living wage unless they're lifers, so it could be about money or scheduling. Kind of shitty of them to do this at the very last second (especially after the media jumped the gun and wrote about the tentative deal) and to leave everyone in the dark as to what was going on apart from a Tweet that essentially just says "sorry everyone figure out how to get around".

To quote one reply I read in a Tweet thread about it all: they hate the people they serve. They really, really do.

[clasher]

Strikes wouldn't work if they weren't disruptive.

[danbrotherston]

Strikes wouldn't work if they weren't disruptive.

Can you shout that a little louder for the folks in the back.

I find this so frustrating when people complain about this. Like sure...lets try and focus the disruption on the ruling class, but at the end of the day, disruption *IS* the power that workers have over employers...nothing more.

I especially hate it when people blame the striking workers exclusively for a strike...given the attitudes today, I do not see how it is possible that we have any labour protections today, most people seem perfectly willing to eat shit.