TTC on strike
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Immediate passage of the bill will require unanimous passage , The NDP will not go along with that they will lose all that union funding they need.drrogers said:
It will take a couple of days of debate to satisfy Howard Hampton that he has delayed enough to save face then the bill will pass.
Simply politics citizens be damned
It's nice to see the world-class city of Toronto has no public transit. Also nice to see the whiners bitch and moan about the money that TTC employees earn. Why don't you guys work at the TTC? I'm also still waiting for the complainers to post their income and credentials.
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dreamblade said:
Thats true, I have to agree but I believe more workers would be better off.
The "best" way to lower cost of living is what the good old USA had 175 years ago-that is slavery-thank god that came to a end. I wasn't around back then but yeah, I bet the cost of cotton and other things went up after the owners had to pay their workers.
It was B.S. what the TTC union did thou-they seem to have no common sense. Some lady could have been hurt last night. I seen on CBC news these 2 young ladies that said they hitch a ride with a stranger at 1am last night because they had no way else to get home.
Joining a union is an exercise of your freedom of assembly.Don said:
Individual freedoms are sacrificed under statist systems such as socialism and communism.
It's ironic that many unions support statist political parties that would nationalize industries, declare the services essential, and remove the freedom of people to assemble into unions.
I say prank. Why the TTC left some of their customers stranded in the city last night at midnight is a slap in the face and disrespectful. Kinnear could have easily waited until 2:30 to announce the strike, at the end of the last shift and everyone would have been home. We may fogive, but won't forget.
http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/TransitStrike/2008/04/26/5395976.html
They've drafted back to work legislation, and even Howie Hampton says he supports it. It'll get voted on Sunday, and enforced Monday, if all goes to plan.
They've drafted back to work legislation, and even Howie Hampton says he supports it. It'll get voted on Sunday, and enforced Monday, if all goes to plan.
I really hope that this strike is over soon..... $35 cab ride to my low paying job.... I do not think so. ...And perhaps I should not have purchased my metropass for May so soon...
And i'm still waiting for you to tell us what exactly are you guys going to Give to the people after Taking our money? Once again, you guys are always the victim. Always take take take, but what are you giving the people? Same shit attitude?xdog said:
How can YOU decide what someone is worth if you dont know what their job duties entail? Have you been an accountant, engineer etc?
Now you'll prob say the same about how people can say what ttc employees are worth if we dont work for TTC. Well, everyone knows what you main duties are. We see you. Your main job entails Customer Service which is not that hard to tell who is respectful and whose not.
Is there a job opening at the TTC? I would love to work 4 TTC. Sit in a booth and give change and make $20+/hr.
If i get assaulted or injured on the job because i was rude to someone first, then thats my fault. Maybe YOU Guys should stop whining and act like you're the victim. Most of you dont even know what respect and manners are. This is grown adults we are talking about here.
IMO, everytime i see a workers go on tv etc to whine about how they deserve this and that, those are probably the bad apples we see and talk about. Just like that lady i posted about earlier from the news.
I'm sure most will agree theres always at least 1 of those workers in every workplace. Never changes.
Good workers just keep quiet do their jobs properly. The bad ones whine and complain and try to justify their actions, they're good 'talkers' that can talk themselves out of trouble, but thats about it.
Thats exactly the point. People arent just bitching about someone making more money or dont deserve to be making that much or whatever, but that lot of the workers are simply rude. So how do you justify always asking for more money and providing the same crappy attitudes?xdog said:
And most complaints about rudeness you hear about are just people asking a simple question. WTF?
ttc is always talking about money issues, but ignores what the public is saying about the rude services.
I have no probs of the good workers who are nice and respectable to everyone making whatever they can make.
I have only seen a few who were outright rude (and often that is towards teens) but I have almost never seen a friendly face in the ticket booth and only on rare occasions on a bus or streetcar. I wonder ho much of the criticism and insults the receive is due to this cold attitude we usually get. No, you are not doing me a favour by handing me a transfer, it's your job.
Having worked as a bartender and served hundreds of customers in a night, I know it isn't that hard to say hi to (or at least acknowledge) each patron.
Having worked as a bartender and served hundreds of customers in a night, I know it isn't that hard to say hi to (or at least acknowledge) each patron.
Great comment, and totally on the money.rubmeister100 said:
Tourism is down in T.O. because it's a shabby ugly city compared to so many of the ones I've personally been to...no wonder few people who've travelled here make a return visit.
It's a vicious circle. I wonder how many of the employees are cold because of the insults and rudeness they put up with everyday. Of course there are some bad employees. name one profession that doesn't have its share of bad aples. How about police, brokers, nurses, waitresses, escorts, etc.basketcase said:
Do you ask for a transfer or stick out your hand while talking on a cell phone? Can you honestly say that you've never had a bad night or failed to acknowledge at least a couple of your customers? Did you happen to notice that your co-workers were less or more friendly than you?
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