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‘Critical point’ — Union blasts Transit Windsor over bus maintenance; city refutes claims

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Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 616 says only five out of 15 bus repair hoists at the Transit Windsor garage are in service, not enough to repair 117 buses.

Problems with the hoists, the union said, began two years ago and have not been adequately addressed.

The city said it has made “continued investments’ in Transit Windsor ’s maintenance facilities, including “state-of-the-art mobile hoists and associated lifting devices”.

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