‘The violence is out of control’: Saskatoon transit union talks recent attacks on city buses
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Just in May, Saskatoon police have reported several stabbings on city buses, physical fights and assaults against bus drivers.
A Saskatoon transit union said city bus drivers are scared of going to work as attacks and assaults on city transit become more common.
“Our members are afraid,” Darcy Pederson, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 615, said in Saskatoon on Friday. “They are afraid to come to work, they are afraid that something will happen to them at work. All they want to do is go home safe to their families.”
Just in May, Saskatoon police have reported several stabbings on city buses, physical fights and assaults against bus drivers.
Pederson said drivers are also seeing weapons on the buses, bear spray and nightly fights.
The union also expressed concerns in 2023 about increased violence on city buses but Pederson said this is the worst it has ever been.
“The level of violence we are seeing on the buses is at a point where the severity of the violence is unlike anything we have ever seen right now.”
He said bus drivers with 10-year careers in Saskatoon are considering leaving their positions out of fear of being assaulted on the job.
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