WINNIPEG — Transit workers in Winnipeg accepted a new contract Friday afternoon.
Drivers and maintenance workers voted 59.8% in favour of accepting the new deal.
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The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 rejected a previous offer by 51% in May. A week later they returned to the bargaining table and hammered out a new contract.
READ MORE: Winnipeg Transit workers, city hammer out 2nd tentative deal
City council still has to approve the deal.
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