Study on Rail Safety – Full Presentation
On March 3, UCTE presented a statement to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities regarding a Rail Safety Study. [...]
Transport Canada played a role in the Ottawa Light Rail Transit (LRT) debacle
Everyone, including Transport Canada, had abdicated their role to ensure that the Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) system was safe from the start. Maybe that [...]
Mandatory Vaccination Requirements for COVID-19 — Federally Regulated Transportation Sector and Its Travellers
Recently, UCTE responded in an article on our website to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for CPA as well as to important published information on Federal [...]
Transportation Safety Management Systems – Still not right
A little more than 10 years ago, UCTE presented its white paper SMS: What's not right , which outlined the concerns our members had as [...]
Q&A about Layoffs
A lot of members are facing the possibility of being laid off. Below is a list of some of the more frequently asked questions we [...]
New video highlights risks of privatization
Working together, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and its component union, the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE), have produced a video to [...]
Agreement reached for people of Churchill, Union cautiously optimistic
UCTE welcomes today’s announcement that the federal government has brokered a deal to transfer the Hudson Bay Rail, the Port of Churchill and the Churchill [...]
Union demands Canada take Wheat Board back from Saudis
The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) are calling on the federal government to buy back the Canadian Wheat Board from a Saudi consortium. UCTE [...]
Mr. Trudeau, enough is enough. Fix the Churchill rail line
VIA EMAIL August 20, 2018 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of CanadaLangevin Block80 Wellington StreetOttawa, Ontario K1A 0A2Mr. Trudeau, A year ago, [...]