The TTC’s largest union says it has cancelled an agreement that allows employees to work overtime, a decision that could leave the transit agency short-staffed within a matter of days. TTC management and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 have an agreement that allows members to work 64 hours a week, which is longer than the 48 hours spelled out in the Employment Standards Act. In a letter sent to management on Friday afternoon, the union, which represents nearly 11,000 transit employees, said it wouldn’t agree to extend the arrangement past April 30. Unless Local 113 reverses the decision, the TTC could find itself without enough workers at the end of the month. Because the province has designated the TTC an essential service, its employees aren’t legally allowed to strike.

Source: thestar April 20, 2018 23:15 UTC