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Tentative agreement doesn't end Saskatoon Transit cancellations

Saskatoon Transit riders will have to continue navigating bus cancellations until the city and transit workers finalize a collective bargaining agreement.

Cancellations will continue until proposed deal ratified

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There will be more bus service cancellations Saturday afternoon as the union representing Saskatoon bus drivers continues job action. (Victoria Dinh/CBC)

Job action by Saskatoon Transit workers continues after their union and the City of Saskatoon announced the two sides emerged from bargaining with a tentative agreement.

On Friday evening, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 615 announced its members will vote on the proposed deal Tuesday. If they accept the agreement, it will go to city council for approval.

According to the city, job action — which began on Nov. 12 — will continue until the agreement is ratified. Until then, transit users can expect more departure cancellations and crowded buses due to the union's overtime ban.

Alex Bird said he is concerned for elderly people who have to wait for the bus in extreme cold as job action continues in Saskatoon. (Albert Couillard/CBC)

"It's really affecting me now because it's cold," Alex Bird said of the job action as he waited for his bus on Saturday. "I feel for some people when it's -40."

Bird had been waiting for his bus for 30 minutes when he spoke to CBC News. He said he normally would only have a 15-minute wait.

Kevin Lewis said he's been lucky and hasn't had any delays in the four weeks since job action began.

"I do check the mobile app that they have now. It gives us riders updates on any cancellations."

Tuiara Sivtseva agreed that she has had to plan out her trip a bit more.

"Now I have to check the application all of the time because I don't know [if] the bus will come or not or will it be too full?"

The following adjustments have been to bus routes on Saturday afternoon.

Regular routes:

  • Route 1 Exhibition leaving City Centre 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 2 Meadowgreen leaving City Centre 2:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 2 City Centre leaving Confederation terminal 2:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 3 Hudson Bay Park leaving City Centre 2:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 4 Willowgrove leaving City Centre 3:15 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 4 Mayfair leaving City Centre 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 7 Dundonald leaving City Centre 5:15 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 7 City Centre leaving Confederation Terminal 3:52 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 9 Riversdale leaving City Centre 3:30 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 9 City Centre leaving Confederation Terminal 4:05 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 12 Airport leaving City Centre 3:15 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 12 City Centre leaving Airport, 3:45 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 12 River Heights leaving City Centre 3:15 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 12 City Centre leaving Lawson Mall, 3:47 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 14 North Industrial leaving City Centre 3:00 p.m. and 4 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 19 Centre Mall leaving City Centre 2:15 p.m., 4:15 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 19 City Centre leaving Centre Mall 2:44 p.m., 4:45 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 23 Hampton leaving Confederation Terminal 3:00 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 23 Blairmore leaving Confederation Terminal 3:37 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 40 Kenderdine leaving City Centre 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 65 Kensington leaving City Centre 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. will be cancelled today.
  • Route 65 City Centre leaving Confederation Terminal 3:06 p.m., 5:06 p.m. will be cancelled today.

Workers haven't had an agreement in place since 2012.

For more information on cancellations and routes where buses might be full visit the Saskatoon Transit website, its Twitter account and the city's website. Riders can also check the city's transit app or Google Transit.

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