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TTC going on strike at midnight .
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| UmmiE |
| Thats ed,heard on 680 news. |
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| zoogla |
| Dude, you're about 24 days late. |
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| UmmiE |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
Dude, you're about 24 days late. |
No but they gave a deadline before and agreed onto something and now have rejected something they agreed on to earlier.Thats weird.:wtf: |
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| zoogla |
oh ok. I thought this was a delayed April Fool's thing or something.
Damn:
| quote: | TTC Workers Reject Contract - Strike Begins At Midnight
Friday April 25, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff
Nearly 9,000 TTC workers voted on Friday to reject the tentative deal that averted a walkout less than a week ago.
The strike begins at midnight Friday.
"We have assessed the situation and decided that we will not expose our members to the dangers of assaults from angry and irrational members of the public," said Bob Kinnear, ATU Local 113 President.
The reports from our members of increases in threats and abuse from passengers last weekend, after we gave our original 48-hours' notice, has left us no choice but to withdraw our services immediately. We have a legal responsibility to protect the safety of our members and so does the TTC."
"We have informed the TTC and the Ministry of Labour of this development. "Our Executive will be meeting on Saturday morning to determine our next steps."
The rejection of the offer was not entirely unpredictable: on Wednesday night nearly half of the executive board of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 stormed out of a meeting where the fine print of the tentative contract was revealed.
Hundreds of maintenance workers were unhappy with the settlement that stopped the strike, which would allow some of their duties to be contracted out. They were asking TTC operators to support them in their opposition.
"This contract is more for the drivers than us," TTC maintenance worker Desmond Pidder said. "It shouldn't be accepted."
The tentative contract needed the approval of 50 percent plus one to pass. The contract was rejected by 65 percent of the members who voted on Friday night.
It was less than a week ago that ATU Local 113 President Bob Kinnear announced to the city that a transit strike had been averted after talks went past the deadline set for 4pm Sunday. He admitted the labour group didn't get everything it had wanted in the deal but added he had no problem recommending it for ratification.
The deal was to give TTC workers a 3 per cent increase in each of the next three years. |
cp24.com |
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| magikb |
| yeah, it is all over Global news right now. |
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| 1dawoman |
| I think they're bluffing..... |
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| hardcore trancer |
| Nope it is real,they are on strike starting 12AM tonight.:whip: |
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| kotsy |
Just when everyone thought it was over, lol.
That sucks for transit riders.
At least it's starting on the weekend when less people need to go to work. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | | "This contract is more for the drivers than us," TTC maintenance worker Desmond Pidder said. "It shouldn't be accepted." |
That's because you're a bunch of overpaid sacks of horse , you ing worthless overpaid sacks of horse . The drivers are the only ones actually adding value to the system.
I swear to god, if my taxes go up even one cent to support those s, I'm heading over to Finch station to personally piss on each and every one of them.
Too bad Miller is too much of a to just legislate them back to work. |
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| UmmiE |
| quote: | Originally posted by kotsy
At least it's starting on the weekend when less people need to go to work. |
Yet there are soo many other people who only work weekends or have only summer jobs let alone people on their days off might wana go out and chill in the nice weather. |
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| barbina |
| thank god school is done |
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