Amalgamated Transit Union Screwing Its Members

If as Bob Kinnear states the TTC is not taking safety seriously then his failure to have his members "refuse to work," as allowed under law makes him complicite in any safety injuries. Using the death of one of his members to further the Union's objectives, not the workers best interests, borders on criminal.

TTC workers could strike over safety concerns

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Union leaders at the Toronto Transit Commission are not ruling out the possibility of a wildcat strike over safety concerns in the wake of a fatal accident in the subway.

Early Monday morning Antonio Almeida, 38, died when equipment on a work train he was driving made contact with the tunnel wall. The equipment snapped back, falling on Almeida and striking two other workers.

The Amalgamated Transit Union says TTC management is not properly addressing the long-held concerns about safety.

"I'm not suggesting that there were specific concerns with the incident yesterday," Local 113 president Bob Kinnear said Tuesday.

"But there are a number of concerns down in the track structure crews that just don't seem to be taken seriously by the TTC."

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