(From back left to right: Gurdev S, Crystal W, Michaela H, Harvey W, Patrick D, Amarjit P, Aman D, Brian D, Paramjit M, Sandy M. Renee D, Sven G, Satvinder T, Minesh P, Robin A, Dawn H, Dan R. Ian … Read More

As many of you will know, the City of Calgary has decided to contract out the Servicelane positions. We are profoundly against this outcome and working against an uncooperative and apathetic City Council to have this decision removed and keep … Read More

Something a little different for today’s blog. We are linking/reposting a very informative post on Bill 32 and why it is damaging to labour, unions and workers. Written by Professor Jason Foster, Athabasca University – July 10, 2020 Link to … Read More

Communication During the last election (late 2019) we received a mandate from the membership to focus on reaching out to the Members through multiple electronic media. The intent being to build better relationships through communication. However, that is not the … Read More

Our Spotlight blog for this month will feature Harry Lew. Harry is a 16-year ATU Local 583 Member and the current Financial Secretary Treasurer of the Local. Harry has also previously been Chair of Sign Up as well as an … Read More

Fraternity is defined as a ‘group of people sharing a common profession or interest’. Many of you are likely already aware that trade unions in fact grew from actual fraternities, more notably, the Knights of Labour. *The Knights of Labor … Read More

Today we would like to take the opportunity to talk about our Political Action Committee and the usefulness, in fact the necessity, of PACs in general. The reason Political Action Committees were formed is that Unions, historically, have been the … Read More

One of the features of our blog will be a recurring article with the intent to get to know our Members better. We will be calling this the “ATU 583 Spotlight” as our objective is to spotlight Members and learn … Read More

Our Social Committee is responsible for the planning and execution of ATU 583’s three big annual events: The Family Picnic, the Retirement Banquet and the Children’s Christmas Party. Of course, this is during a normal year and not one where … Read More

Throwback Thursday – Transit and Face Masks – A History As many of you will know, we started a recurring Throwback Thursday post on our Facebook (ATU Local 583) early this year. With the eruption of Covid-19 and the resulting … Read More