The union will defend their members, two Handy-Dart drivers suspended by the employer for talking to CKNW.
“We are going to vigorously defend any members who are disciplined.”
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 17-24 spokesperson Tyler Felbel says members have the right to turn to the media when they have concerns.
Felbel says they believe in free speech as long as their members aren’t slandering anyone, “We feel that there are concerns about the service and the Handy-Dart service in particular and the use of taxis for people with disabilities and the recent cuts to the TaxiSaver program so the union has been speaking out publicly about those matters.”
He says the union is also urging Translink to make the Handy-Dart service an in-house operation.
The Canadian arm of a U-S company contracted by Translink to run Handy-Dart says they won’t be commenting on the matter.
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