Buses to resume service as HSR reaches deal with the City
A tentative deal has been reached between HSR workers and the City of Hamilton, ending a strike that brought all bus services to a halt.
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A tentative deal has been reached between HSR workers and the City of Hamilton, ending a strike that brought all bus services to a halt.
Bus service will resume two days before city hosts Grey Cup game.
Horwath’s green-lighting of third party strike-breaking initiatives should come as no surprise to workers, especially to those in the ATU. The NDP claims to defend workers’ rights, but it has repeatedly been complicit in attacking them.
Locals heading to the Grey Cup game Sunday are not likely to be using city transit as the ATU and city continue to fight over wages six days into a strike.
Hamilton resident Cheryl Fawcett lives downtown and works on the Mountain. With the bus strike still ongoing, she said has had to leave work two-and-a-half hours early in order to get a ride home.