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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.

Lest we forget

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ATU Local 113 acknowledges the great sacrifices made by Canada’s veterans who have served our country and secured the peace and freedom we enjoy today. We are committed to the values they fought and died for.

Veteran Philip Horgan, who is a former Executive Board Member of ATU Local 113, was joined by President Marvin Alfred to lay a wreath and pay homage to veterans at the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Old City Hall Cenotaph.

Phil Horgan, Veteran, Union Leader, and Member of ATU Local 113

Phil Horgan has had a 38-year career at the TTC, beginning in June 1984 as a Subway Janitor at the Plant Department. He moved on to several roles within the company, including Garage Person (coach cleaner) in Bus Maintenance, working at the old Eglinton, Wilson, Queensway, Danforth, and Lakeshore (Gray Coach) garages. In 1992, he became an apprentice Coach Technician/Service Technician, repairing cars and trucks at Duncan Shop (Non-Revenue section) from 1995, at the new Eglinton Bus Garage, and from 2006, at Lakeshore Garage. In 2012, he was elected as an Executive Board Member and served in that position until his retirement in January 2022.

Horgan has always played an active in the union from the very start of his career, attending union meetings and sharing union information with members in the workplace. He was mentored by former Assistant Business Agent Mike Valentini, who encouraged him to get involved with the union and taught him the workings of the union. Horgan served the Local in elected positions for twenty-two years – as Shop Steward at Duncan Shop (North Side) for one term, as Health and Safety Representative at Duncan Shop for ten years, and as Executive Board Member Automotive for three terms.

Horgan’s military service spans nearly 15 years, having joined the Reserve Army in 2007, as a Combat Service and Support Soldier, and qualified as a Combat Vehicle Technician. He completed work-up training for Operation Athena in Afghanistan between January 2009 to May 2010.  He served in Afghanistan from May to December of 2010, while taking leave of absence from the TTC. He also served on two domestic operations while serving the Local, Operation Lentus in 2017 (Quebec floods) and Operation Lazer in 2019 (Covid 19 support).

Horgan has recently volunteered for Operation Reassurance and will be deployed in mid 2023, in support of the Ukraine.