Acadian Lines’ customers ‘mad as hell’: Union
Acadian Lines buses aren’t likely to be back on the roads before the school year ends. Negotiations between the union representing the 59 locked-out workers and Orléans Express, which owns Acadian Lines, are set for April 29 to May 1 in Moncton. A federal mediator, who arranged the negotiations, will also be part of the [...]
After 27 hours of negotiations this past weekend in Moncton, Acadian Lines could not reach an agreement with its 59 locked out workers. Acadian Lines buses have been off the road since the workers, who are mechanics, maintenance workers, customer service representatives and drivers, were locked out on Dec. 2. It’s the only form of [...]
Continue reading …Acadian Lines and representatives from its workers’ union are returning to the bargaining table for the first time in two and a half months. The bus lines’ mechanics, maintenance workers, customer service representatives and drivers in New Brunswick and P.E.I. have been locked out since Dec. 2 after rejecting a contract offer, taking buses students [...]
Continue reading …With no end in sight to the Acadian Lines bus lockout, alternatives to the Orleans Express-owned service are starting to pop up for students. Mechanics, maintenance workers, customer service representatives and drivers of the bus line in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1229, were locked out on Dec. [...]
Continue reading …The St. Thomas University students’ union has chartered a bus to bring students back to campus as the second month of the Acadian Lines lockout begins. A 32-seat bus has been booked leaving Amherst on Sunday. The bus will stop in Moncton to pick up more students before continuing to Fredericton. The service [...]
Continue reading …STUSU to charter bus to Moncton, Nova Scotia, following Acadian Lines lockout
December 15, 2011 2 CommentsIf you live in Moncton or Nova Scotia, the St. Thomas University students’ union can help you get home for the holidays. The STUSU has chartered a Trius bus to travel to Moncton on Sunday, leaving the Vanier Hall parking lot at 11 a.m. From there, it will stop in Amherst in time for students [...]
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St. Thomas University student Amanda Ellis relies on the bus to go back and forth from Fredericton to her family’s home in Bathurst. But the fourth-year English student will have to find another way to get home. Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1229, who are maintenance workers, customer service representatives, drivers and mechanics [...]
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After almost a year without a contract and weeks of disagreements, Acadian Lines will lock out its workers as of 6:30 a.m. this Friday. Eighty-eight per cent of the union’s membership voted against the newest offer from the bus line. “It was an insulting offer that was obviously cobbled together quickly,” union president Glen Carr said in a [...]
Continue reading …Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is urging Acadian Lines and its workers to come together to reach an agreement. Mechanics, maintenance workers, drivers and customer service representatives in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island gave their 72-hour notice to strike today. Ashley Kelahear, press secretary to the minister, said Raitt is disappointed the two sides haven’t been [...]
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In the past week, I’ve taken the Acadian Lines bus twice, and each time I’ve thought about the possibility of an upcoming strike. The union representing Acadian bus drivers, mechanics and customer service representatives are set to go on strike Nov. 21 after voting 98 per cent in favour of a strike – a huge majority by any measurement. There’s no question that [...]
Continue reading …The union representing 59 workers from Acadian Lines has filed a labour complaint against the bus line. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1229 workers, who are mechanics, bus drivers, customer service representatives and maintenance workers, could go on strike as early as Nov. 21. The membership voted 98 per cent in favour of striking [...]
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Talks between Acadian Lines and the union representing the bus line’s drivers, maintenance workers, customer service representatives and mechanics have broken down. The 59 workers, who have been without a contract since Dec. 31, voted 98 per cent in favour of going on strike last month. They could be in legal strike position as early [...]
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