ember js send action from one controller/route to another route doesn't work

I'm having a weird issue in ember js with sending actions from one route/controller to another route. The action never hits the other route's action handler. I can send actions from controller to controller, from same controller to same route, but not an additional hop from one controller/route to another route handler.

Ultimately what I'm trying to achieve is sending an action from one route users.new to another route, users.login. The action isn't handled in users.login's controller so I was assuming that it would bubble to the users.login route action handler.

Any help is very much appreciated!