The Amalgamated Association of Street, Electrical Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America was established in 1893. Division 101 (Vancouver) received its charter for related workers in 1899, and in 1901 (New Westminster) Division 134 was established and given its charter. Divisions 101 and 134 were amalgamated in 1968.

The establishment of a democratic Canadian union for transportation workers came after many years of trying unsuccessfully to change the U.S. based Amalgamated Transit Union from within.

At the 1974 ATU convention, promises of Canadian autonomy in return for political support in the International Presidential Elections were reneged upon.

A few officers from ATU Local 101-134, Vancouver, B.C., who had attended the convention as delegates, felt sold out. On their return to Canada they sought out a meeting with other Canadian union leaders to discuss alternative possibilities. This prompted the ATU General Executive Board (comprised of 1 Canadian and 9 U.S. officers) to expel three of the officers involved. Their attempt to have the dissidents fired from their employment as transit operators failed after a Labour Board hearing.

• A few dedicated workers kept the issues alive resulting in the founding of the Independent Canadian Transit Union at Vancouver on September 20, 1980.
• Our first attempt at certification failed due to our own naivette and the tactics employed by the International union.
• On January 18, 1982 we were successful and received our first certification.
• On February 2, 1982 our maintenance workers formed their first local within, as Local 2. They had been previously denied under ATU to have their own local.
• Transit workers in Victoria Local 109 established ICTU Local 3 on May 18, 1982.

SECTION "G" GENERAL; ARTICLE 2.00 UNION RECOGNITION AND SECURITY

In brief this section deals with our right to be affiliated with a Union without discrimination. There is no mention of protection from sexual or workplace harassment.

SECTION "G" (GENERAL); ARTICLE 2.08 SEXUAL HARASSMENT

The Union was able to Bargain sexual harassment language into our C/A for added protection for our Sisters and Brothers.

SECTION "G" GENERAL; ARTICLE 2.08 SEXUAL HARASSMENT; 2.09 WORKPLACE HARASSMENT

Our bargaining unit was able to strengthen the existing sexual harassment language and add the workplace harassment article. It is vital to and for our collective health to have progressive strong language in place to protect ourselves in an increasingly adversarial workplace.

SECTION "O" OPERATIONS; 3.03 SPREADOVER PREMIUM FOR SPLIT SHIFTS

A spreadover premium shall apply to normal days work on a split shift index, which exceeds ten hours duration from the start of the first piece of work to the end of the last piece of work.

3.03.1

The spreadover premium shall be 25% of the Operator's regular straight time rate.