Transit company, union approve new 3-year deal in Ontario region #CDN #CDNNews #Canada #Ontario

Transit company, union approve new 3-year deal in Ontario region #CDN #CDNNews #Canada #Ontario

A new deal for bus drivers, maintenance workers and other unionized staff at Durham Regional Transit has been approved, with more than three-quarters of Unifor members, Local 222, saying yes to the three-year deal. A statement from the union and the DRT bargaining committee said the 76 per cent approval rate shows the members’ expectations during the negotiations with the transit company “were not only met but exceeded.” Unifor Local 222 in Osha…

Changing of the guard at major Ontario arena and concert venue

After nearly two decades at Oshawa’s Tribute Centre bringing in events from curling grand slams to the Road to WrestleMania and from KISS to Jerry Seinfeld, Vince Vella is skating off to retirement. Vella, the general manager at the downtown arena and concert venue since 2008, will take his last stroll through the home of the Oshawa Generals June 30. Throughout his tenure, Vella brought numerous high-profile events to the venue, including the 20…