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Time to show what it means to lead. | Metro Transit and the next mayor of Halifax
/ Because now it’s about looking forward. / With the Halifax Metro Transit bus strike downshifting to a much-too-long awaited end, we find ourselves out of the contractual weeds and into a much larger
Read More »Transit strike, it’s been nice knowin’ ya. (No it hasn’t)
Twitter, phone, email, text message … 7 8 12 tons of independent confirmations that ATU and Metro Transit have reached a tentative deal tonight, and the ATU negotiating team will unanimously support it. The
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Audio: (Half) hour of intellect on News 957 Maritime Morning
In case you missed it, I was on News 957′s Maritime Morning again this weekend, chatting transit strike stuff, the efficacy of labour negotiations and “the handshake agreement,” and a little bit on public
Read More »Why the rostering MOU thing might have been a terrible case of miscommunication
If you had to pick a single word that best characterizes the transit strike, you’d have a lot of choices. I think I’d settle on “miscommunication”. And arguably, that’s what happened with the rostering
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The evolution of an agreement: Rostering memorandum of understanding
Do you remember back on February 24th, when the transit union’s bargaining team took an offer back to the union members for a vote — and they voted 78% to reject? I for one
Read More »Good will is a bargaining tool. | An offer to end the transit strike
/ Because everything else has worked great, so far. / Last night, Council agreed to go back to the negotiating table with the transit union, but say they won’t consider an offer that doesn’t
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Chatting rostering with Jordi Morgan, News 957
Chatting rostering with Jordi Morgan, News 957 In case you missed it, you can catch the interview here
Read More »Tune in to News 957 tomorrow morning
Tune in to News 957 tomorrow morning I’ll be on News 957‘s Maritime Morning again tomorrow at 8:30am, this time with Jordi Morgan. I’ll be talking transit strike, but this time I’ll be explaining
Read More »Bonus transit strike reading: inside scoop
This is ‘bonus material’ to complement my exclusive in today’s OpenFile Halifax about why rostering is, in fact, a good solution for Metro Transit. This content isn’t related to that, just some extra interesting
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Halifax InView | (News 957) Interview: Brenden Sommerhalder, Halifax Love/Hate
Okay, I’m not being super cocky. I’m just busy this weekend and happened to be interviewed by News 957 Maritime Morning Weekend’s very talented Erin Trafford (who is lovely, by the way) about the
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