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So yeah, another possible TTC strike tomorrow
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| INFERNO2K |
| Have a backup route just in case :whip: |
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| FunkyGroove |
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. |
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| El Kay Dee |
| wtf? a 3rd monday in a row off work? |
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| INFERNO2K |
| quote: | Originally posted by El Kay Dee
wtf? a 3rd monday in a row off work? |
Is that a good or bad thing? |
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| psychosomatica |
| hah oh mang. |
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| El Kay Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by INFERNO2K
Is that a good or bad thing? |
no work means alot of money im not getting |
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| loca |
| Again?? Damn talk about pushing it :whip: |
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| dallastar |
| FUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by INFERNO2K
Is that a good or bad thing? |
Good for me |
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| 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. |
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| dallastar |
| going home now! need to use TTC! b4 12:01! |
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