TTC headed for a strike?

james t kirk said:
26 bucks an hour translates to about 55 grand a year based on a 40 hour work week.

I don't think that's over the top.
james t kirk said:
So you are saying that ticket collectors should make the same as a teacher or a nurse or other jobs that actually require an education ?? What education does a ticket collector need ?? Grade 4 maybe ?? lol
 
carguy34 said:
So you are saying that ticket collectors should make the same as a teacher or a nurse or other jobs that actually require an education ?? What education does a ticket collector need ?? Grade 4 maybe ?? lol

LOL

Teachers and nurses make far more than 26 bucks an hour.

LOL

MY ex was a HS English Teacher in York Region. Last year she brought in 86 grand.

That's about 42 bucks an hour based on a 40 hour work week over 52 weeks or 2080 hours per year, which they never work.

LOL..
 
james t kirk said:
MY ex was a HS English Teacher in York Region. Last year she brought in 86 grand.

That's about 42 bucks an hour based on a 40 hour work week over 52 weeks or 2080 hours per year, which they never work.
Does she pay you support?
 
shack said:
Does she pay you support?

No, but from time to time she comes by, we order sushi in and fuck. She loves when I come on her face and then use the head of my cock to push the come into her mouth while she is quoting Shakespeare.
 
james t kirk said:
use the head of my cock to push the come into her mouth while she is quoting Shakespeare.
Must be hard to understand some of the soliloquies.
 
chazz_matzz said:
The TTC loses money year after year.....In any other business there would be salary cuts and out sourcing....what makes these guys special.

The TTC workers should get down on their knees and thank God that they don't have to compete with the Japanese, Chinese, Indians, etc. They live in a fantasy world of inflated salaries, job security and benefits.
 
james t kirk said:
MY ex was a HS English Teacher in York Region. Last year she brought in 86 grand.

Please note that teachers are at risk of getting shot (school shootings) so maybe part of the $86K is for danger pay. I have a friend who is married to a teacher and I keep telling him he won the lottery because teacher's pension plan is worth about $5MM. They can retire at 53 with full inflation indexed pensions and they normally live to age 97 or longer. In fact some of them collect more years on pension than on active service.
 
Corey said:
I don't think the $26 per hour wage includes benefits.

I think it's the hourly wage and then you get benefits which pumps it up tp $40 or $50 an hour.

Btw, I know of ticket takers earning $30 an hour.

BUST THE UNION OR PRIVATIZE THE TTC NOW.

How about putting the job of operating the TTC up for bid? The transit union could bid against others. Who ever agrees to operate it the cheapest gets to do it. Services levels would be part of the contract.

That way the TTC's operating costs would be contained. If the union won the bid, they can divvy up the money however they choose.
 
best idea ever

emvee said:
How about putting the job of operating the TTC up for bid? The transit union could bid against others. Who ever agrees to operate it the cheapest gets to do it. Services levels would be part of the contract.

That way the TTC's operating costs would be contained. If the union won the bid, they can divvy up the money however they choose.


This way they earn the business!
 
Pay them the same rates as a cashier in a grocery or department store. It seems like a similar skill set - I'm sure all the cashiers would jump at a chance to make $26/hour. Even if the TTC ticket taker salary is overstated, I'm sure it is AT LEAST 50% more than a cashier at a grocery or department store and those poor people have to bag.

If not for the TTC union, there is no way in hell TTC ticket takers would make much more than $12 an hour.

And people wonder why the TTC is always looking for government handouts. If transit was run like a business, the ticket taker position would be paid much worse, or likely eliminated and replaced by kiosks as another poster pointed out.
 
carguy34 said:
james t kirk said:
26 bucks an hour translates to about 55 grand a year based on a 40 hour work week.

I don't think that's over the top.
james t kirk said:
So you are saying that ticket collectors should make the same as a teacher or a nurse or other jobs that actually require an education ?? What education does a ticket collector need ?? Grade 4 maybe ?? lol

Why is the amount of Education, the important part?
I'm interested in Effort and Outcomes.
If a Driver is good at his job, safe and Friendly with customers, they should be advanced, and given a higher wages.
If a nurse, or Teacher for that matter, is bad at their job, lazy or rude to their patients or Students/Parents they should be de-moted.

While I am in management, and DO belive that there is NO reason for Unions in Ontario's worker's paradise, I'm always amazed by the suprised looks on the TTC Driver's faces when I politely greet them/thank them on my rare TTC trips.
However, That being said, an unskilled sandwich artist at Subway probably bears a similar brunt of rudeness from their customers as TTC drivers do.
(Oh yeah..and for 7 bucks an hour too!)
 
Perhaps its time to look at making the TTC an essential service ( Grabage collection as well). Strikes are not just inconvenient for management and owners. Unlike the threat of a companies profit loss, they
affect the general population with far reaching economic, public saftey and health consequences. I would applaud any MPP that had the balls to introduce such legislation
 
I'd say do a clean up...Im sure there's alot of un-employed people out there who would take the job for a cheaper wage.
 
Fret not...

LancsLad said:
Thats a great idea.



If only we could find a way.


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Where there is Bear will there is a way....;)
 
Oh really now...

james t kirk said:
You are a 905'er.

Your impression of Toronto is based sitting in your living room in the wastelands of suburbia with miles and miles of endless green fencing and North American SUV's in every driveway.

Some of us would rather die than live that kind of lifestyle.

This is a very large urban city that needs effective transit in order to move people around the city. There are many people who take the TTC BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN A CAR. I'm not too sure how you think people without a car are supposed to car pool.
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North American SUV in the driveway. Hell no. Lexus RX350 but in the three car garage.

Mrs. Bata had it down perfectly. She flew to work in her helicopter.

TTC; who needs it...:p
 
I noticed the other day one of those "TTC police cars" the ones that have the TTC logo on the side and that attends whenever there is an accident involving a TTC vehicle or when a TTC vehicle breaks down. The car was a Dodge Charger, what caught my eye was that the Charger had dual exhaust (one pipe on each side of the car), after checking the Dodge website I came to the conclusion that the model with "dual exhaust" is the R/T model with 350 hp and that cost $10 000 more than the base model with a smaller engine. My question is why do TTC management have to drive such a big car ? They could be driving smaller 4 cylinder cars couldn't they ?? Another example of wasting money by the TTC.