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WUSA wasn’t prepared for GRT strike, Velling says

Students received an email from WUSA  on Mar. 2 regarding a reimbursement for  the GRT strike. Students can expect a refund of $8.96 in...

WUSA and GRT union clash over right to strike

  After the ten-day long Grand River Transit strike ended on Feb. 1, 2020, the newly elected Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association promised they would lobby...

Union approves agreement with GRT, now facing final vote from Region...

Unifor Local 4304, the union representing Grand River Transit (GRT) has ratified the new tentative agreement with the Region of Waterloo. A special regional council...

How students face the GRT strike

The GRT strike has rocked the day-today life of students in the KW region.  Over 17,000 students are being affected daily, along with various other...

Campus Question

“The bus strike has been affecting me really badly because I have to look for apartments nearby and I cannot go and then I...

GRT and union meet for first time in a week as...

GRT and Unifor members are meeting Tuesday morning for the first time since January 22. Local 4304 Unifor members rejected the contract offered by the...

Waterloo students face first day of GRT bus strike

Region of Waterloo residents and students are once again making back up transportation plans as GRT bus service went on strike on Tuesday at...

Most Ontario teachers ready to strike

Ontario high school teachers have joined their elementary counterparts in voting overhwlemingly in favour of a strike. The Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation voted 95.5...

UW begins Fridays for Future

Over 6 million people around the world took time off of work and school to protest inaction on climate change this past Friday, Sept....

Climate change: UW disappoints

By Petra Duff and Yonatan Strauch On Sept. 27, students and supporters all over the world will strike from their schools and workplaces to protest...