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The union representing city transit workers is pleased masks will still be required on buses and CTrains after Alberta lifts its provincewide mask mandate July 1.
The decision will help protect transit workers who are regularly in close contact with members of the public, said Mike Mahar, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 583.
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“Given where things are right now, the unknowns and who is vaccinated, who isn’t vaccinated not all our members had the opportunity to get vaccinated early, so they’re not fully vaccinated I much prefer to err on the side of caution,” Mahar told Postmedia on Wednesday.
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