Unifor Local 111

Unifor Local 111 is a local union of the general trade union Unifor. It represents conventional and community bus operators for Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver. It was founded as Canadian Auto Workers Local 111 from the remnants of the Independent Canadian Transit Union, which had acrimoniously broken from the U.S.-dominated Amalgamated Transit Union. ICTU was a maverick union, never part of the labour mainstream, and eventually the ICTU membership voted to reenter the labour establishment by joining the Canadian Auto Workers, which ironically broke from U.S.-dominated United Auto Workers about the same time ICTU came into being.

Unifor Local 111
Current affiliation date2013
Members3300
Head unionUnifor
Key peopleDon MacLeod , president
Office locationNew Westminster, British Columbia
CountryCanada
Websitewww.unifor111.ca
Former logo as Canadian Auto Workers Local 111.

The union has pushed for changes in fare collection procedures on buses which would reduce confrontations between drivers and passengers.[1]

It has had internal disagreements over the strategy of TransLink, the agency which funds transportation in Greater Vancouver.[2]

There was a bitter strike in 2001.[3]

The union convinced the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal to force the employer to discontinue an attendance management system which it claimed discriminated against employees with a disability.[4]

Political campaign

On October 21, 2008 the local launched a public awareness campaign calling for "More Buses Now".[5] It is a campaign designed to draw attention to the public demands for more service in the Metro Vancouver area and is driven by leaflets, advertising, and the website MoreBusesNow.com.

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References

  1. Salinas, Eve (09/05/06). "Bus drivers want new fare system". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2008-06-14. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Smith, Charlie (March 10, 2004). "Union Rep "Removed" After Condemning RAV". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  3. "Transit pickets shut down buses". CBC News. 2001-04-01. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  4. Sin, Lena (February 20, 2008). "Rights tribunal puts the brakes to bus-driver attendance check". The Province, Vancouver. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  5. "Union starts campaign for better buses in city". Metro Vancouver. October 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-22.


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