Comments on: TTC: Strike or No Strike?

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:23:26 +0000

“Seriously!!? I am so sick of these strikes!! How is it that some dude driving a bus is getting paid 100,000 dollars a year to sit on his butt.”

Get yerself a life, dude. When your own contract expires would YOU just take a cheek-slap and kick in the ass from your employer for your immediate future? Screaming at the TTC is a selfish and self-centered gesture and shows NO consideration for others.

At the TTC we work HARD and LONG for our money - a hundred grand is ONLY earned if an Operator or Collector has no life, takes all the overtime he/she can scrounge, and is away from home some 14 hours a day, six or seven days a week.

TTC is NOT an essential service, like police, ambulance and hospitals. A strike would have NO immediate impact on ANYONE’s health or safety, and that’s the measure I use. TTC employees have a human right to collective bargaining and representation, and if union and management can’t see eye to eye after contract expiry there is every right to with-hold services.

By: Angry TTC user

Angry TTC user — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:52:38 +0000

Seriously!!? I am so sick of these strikes!! How is it that some dude driving a bus is getting paid 100,000 dollars a year to sit on his butt. Mean while all us peeps who actually require university have to shell out $3.00 dollars from their 40,000 dollar salary just because some lazy richy wants four weeks vacation. We just had an INCREASE! I propose a strike, I say ALL the TTC riders should WALK until the union goes bankrupt and we can hire regular employees like any other company. And making campaign donations?? That just REEKS of unethical. They might as well sleep with the mayor too!!

By: Joey deVilla

Joey deVilla — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:12:33 +0000

@Chris Taylor: I’ll probably telecommute in the event of a strike. Although I bike to work, I’d still have to use the roads, which I suspect will be crammed with angry people.

By: Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:58:34 +0000

STRIKE! …Because who couldn’t use a day of relaxed duty?

If the weather is decent on Monday, I’ll be working from home (a.k.a. reclined on the balcony sipping a whisky).

If the weather turns crappy there’s always the challenge of trying to do work and play Super Smash Bros. Brawl at the same time.