If you have not heard, CUPE Local 416 (Outside workers) and CUPE Local 79 (Inside workers) are still on strike after over a month of walking off the job. This has left a lot of Toronto dirty and there have been an increased number of rat spottings around the city.
Many people place blame on Mayor David Miller for not managing the money Toronto makes properly and spending it on stupid things, while many also blame the Unions for being “greedy”. I have to say I have not heard of anyone else being able to cash in sick days and carry them over when they are retiring. Why not be like the rest of the city and actually work.
Don’t even get me started on Mayor David Miller, I don’t have enough time to write about his abilities as Mayor of Toronto. I just wanted to express how inconvenient this strike was but also mention that Toronto is still holding in there and I am actually impressed at many peoples lack of littering. Good job!
I have a funny feeling that this strike is going to go on way longer than the one currently going on in Windsor. Both sides are very stubborn and the only side losing out is the public side.
VIA Rail is also on strike now and they might even have to lay off many employees due to the striking engineers. I hope they are happy. You want more for your job and your actions will probably cost some of your fellow employees their jobs. I hope you sleep well at night. This is another textbook example of Unions “fantastic” roles in society.
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