So yeah, another possible TTC strike tomorrow

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Posted by INFERNO2K on Jun-05-2006 02:29:

So yeah, another possible TTC strike tomorrow

Have a backup route just in case

Posted by FunkyCrew on Jun-05-2006 02:31:

Exactly one week after a wildcat strike caused Monday T.T.C. closures and wreaked havoc on Toronto�s streets, residents of the city who ride The Rocket as well as those that drive it could be preparing for exactly the same thing.

�You just hear a lot of talk going around,� said streetcar driver Faye Budree.

�There could be something happening tomorrow again, that�s all I want to say.�

The previous week�s one-day strike shut down all the transit systems throughout the Greater Toronto Area, leaving thousands of would-be passengers stranded and many of them equally furious.

The issue stems in part from T.T.C. workers complaining of management not taking enough responsibility for their day-to-day safety. The problem of driver and employee safety is a real one, but responses and solutions have been slow to come.

Understandably, this has led to aggravation on both sides of the debate.

�There will always be frustration,� said a driver that asked not to be identified.

�It�s never going to stop now.�

Two court orders were needed to force transit employees back to work last Monday, and this time officials with the City of Toronto say they have a plan should another strike take effect at 12:01am Monday.

�Our senior staff are going to be standing by going into work tonight if anything happens, and we�ll make sure we get a warning out if it does,� said T.T.C. Chair Howard Moscoe.

�But they�re (T.T.C. employees) are going to squander any goodwill whatsoever that they�ve built up with the people of Toronto.�

Most workers and union representatives are keeping quiet about just how realistic a strike could be, but since any work stoppage would technically be illegal that should come as no surprise.

Union head Bob Kinnear says he�s given no instructions to walk off the job to those he represents, but it�s happened before, meaning there�s no reason it can�t and won�t happen again.

Posted by LKD on Jun-05-2006 02:36:

wtf? a 3rd monday in a row off work?

Posted by INFERNO2K on Jun-05-2006 02:38:

quote:
Originally posted by El Kay Dee
wtf? a 3rd monday in a row off work?

Is that a good or bad thing?

Posted by psychosomatica on Jun-05-2006 02:39:

hah oh mang.

Posted by LKD on Jun-05-2006 02:40:

quote:
Originally posted by INFERNO2K
Is that a good or bad thing?

no work means alot of money im not getting

Posted by Frenchie on Jun-05-2006 02:57:

Pathetic.

Posted by loca on Jun-05-2006 02:59:

Again?? Damn talk about pushing it

Posted by dallastar on Jun-05-2006 02:59:

FUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

Posted by Orko on Jun-05-2006 03:00:

quote:
Originally posted by INFERNO2K
Is that a good or bad thing?

Good for me

Posted by simms327 on Jun-05-2006 03:00:

if they dont feel safe, issue them all with pepper spray

if they strike again - fire them all

hire universty/college students who dont have jobs, and pay them $15 an hour no benefits.

I would have loved a steady summer job paying $15 an hour.

train them in a week

voila - problem solved.

Posted by dallastar on Jun-05-2006 03:03:

going home now! need to use TTC! b4 12:01!

Posted by INFERNO2K on Jun-05-2006 03:06:

quote:
Originally posted by dallastar
going home now! need to use TTC! b4 12:01!

Nothing definitive.

Posted by SPANIARD on Jun-05-2006 03:44:

Posted by Frenchie on Jun-05-2006 03:47:

quote:
Originally posted by SPANIARD
Good solution

Wouldn't that take too long to do? I mean GET all the people you need & TRAIN them all.

Posted by m2j on Jun-05-2006 03:53:

quote:
Originally posted by simms327
if they dont feel safe, issue them all with pepper spray

if they strike again - fire them all

hire universty/college students who dont have jobs, and pay them $15 an hour no benefits.

I would have loved a steady summer job paying $15 an hour.

train them in a week

voila - problem solved.

agreed.

maybe part of the problem is cuz they keep bitching, stricking, and raising fairs thus pissing off people that use the ttc off hence causing voilence towards ttc operators.

solution: as simms327 said, give them pepper spray, and tell them to stfu or they'll get fired.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jun-05-2006 04:03:

I wonder what kind of people these drivers that get abused are. Not saying that it's the abuse is excusable, but I think every single person here would agree if I said that there's a good number of TTC employees who are the most miserable fucks out there, and they take out their misery on the customers by showing up late/early at bus stops or taking off when they see someone running for the bus instead of waiting.

These guys should consider themselves lucky that the general public hasn't crucified any of them yet