I asked the City of Hamilton: > Does the City have a plan in place for purchasers of transit passes in the event of a labour disruption? More directly, can people purchase their February pass now instead of waiting until the results of negotiations are clear. The City responded: > The City…
Hamilton public transit drivers are showing optimism as a strike deadline of Monday looms. Talking to senior bus operators the past two days, there is a belief that a strike will be averted. I’m told, and the union will not confirm due to a media blackout, that 5 of…
Fifteen years ago, the Board of Education for the City of Hamilton and The Wentworth County Board of Education merged to form District School Board 21 – the now named Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Today, after 15 years, the HWDSB is leaving the downtown core and the headquarters originally built for…
Negotiations continue between the City of Hamilton and it’s transit operators, mechanics, and support staff. The city tabled a revised offer to the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 107 on Tuesday and both parties agreed to meet again on Friday. The earliest a strike (and theoretically a lockout) can begin…
Hamilton’s public bus drivers, mechanics, and support workers are in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, January 30th. This doesn’t mean a strike will begin at 12:01 a.m. Traditionally, HSR operators end their shift that begins the calendar day before a…
I’ve been working on a framework for mapping the home addresses of the 197 soldiers of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry who died during or because of [http://www.rhli.ca/dieppe/dieppekia.html] the infamous Dieppe Raid of 1942. The goal is to map the home addresses of…
Hamilton Police sent the following to local news media at 13:58 today: > There will be Police Services Act proceedings taking place on Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:00 a.m., at Central Police Station, 155 King William St., Hamilton, 3rd floor, Bill Sturrup Media and Community Room. These proceedings…
The City of Hamilton and the union representing transit operators, mechanics and administrative support staff will meet at the negotiating table later today. The two sides are apart on few issues and talks could go into the evening. There’s no way of reading into the status of talks by…