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ATU 113 Pensioners Party 2025 – Photo Gallery

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Our recent Pensioners’ Party was a huge success!  It was an afternoon filled with joy, laughter, and appreciation, reuniting nearly 1000 retired members with old colleagues and friends. Members of our Executive Board were present to meet and greet the pensioners, sharing memories and stories.

President Marvin Alfred expressed gratitude to the retirees and honoured their years of service, sacrifices and their fight for advancements in working conditions and benefits that our members enjoy today. “Building on your legacy, our Local was successful in our efforts to secure improved benefits for our pensioners in the collective bargaining held in 2024. And we will continue to fight for you. Enjoy your well-earned retirement.”

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the event a huge success – from everyone who attended, to our Local’s organizers and volunteers, along with the staff at the Paradise Banquet and Convention Centre.

We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Enjoy some highlights from the event below:

ATU 113 MS Charity Hockey Game for MS Canada – A Huge Success!

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ATU Local 113 is proud to share that our annual Charity Hockey event was a tremendous success, thanks to the support from our members, friends and many volunteers. 

We hosted the Maple Leafs Alumni for a charity hockey game to raise funds for MS Canada, at York University’s CANLAN Sports Arena, North York.

The event helped raise over $60,000.00 to support efforts of MS Canada. President Marvin Alfred and Secretary-Treasurer Mario Azzopardi presented a cheque to Amanda Zamperin, MS Canada’s Director, Community Fundraising. 

The action-packed day began with a family skate event with over 200 families participating.  Families also enjoyed meeting the Maple Leafs Alumni and getting autographs from their favorite Leaf legends. The Hockey Hall of fame brought out the Conn Smythe, Selke, Hart, Calder and the Art Ross Trophies to the event and fans were happy to get photographs ahead of the game.

An estimated 1,500 excited fans attended the hockey game. The Maple Leafs Alumniteam was coached by Wendel Clark while the ATU 113 ALL Stars team was coached by Rob Kempers. The final score was 19 Maple Leafs to 3 ATU 113 ALL STARS.

Vincenzo D’eila, one of our teams goalies, was nominated Player of the Game. Tom Humphreys (aka Marty) scored a beauty of a goal in the shootout competition for our team.

ATU Local 113 thanks all the players, our members, sponsors, and volunteers who helped make this event a huge success and a highlight of our events calendar. We look forward to continuing our support to fight MS in Canada.

ATU Local 113 celebrates milestones with our members

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ATU Local 113 congratulates and is celebrating milestones with our members: Aslam Quraishi from Queensway Maintenance Garage, for 45 years of service and still counting.

And celebrating 50 years of service with Barry Allen, who is now enjoying his retirement.

Member attacked at Long Branch Loop

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Regrettably, we report yet another incident of violence against one of our members.

A TTC Operator was attacked and mugged at Long Branch Loop around 10 am today by a masked male, who got away with the operator’s cell phone. Our member is stable, and police are investigating the incident. Further details will be provided when available.

This is the second incident in less than a week. Our members are concerned about the pattern of violent behaviour towards public transit workers, and the increasing occurrence of these incidents. ATU Local 113 continues to ask the TTC and the City of Toronto to act immediately to protect transit workers from violence and harm at their workplaces, before further tragedy strikes.