Toronto garbage workers go on strike...

[PragmaticIdeals]

Because they lost 18 bankable sick days per year...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...g-strike-this-week-union-says/article1192905/

From the article:

“Unless he is in Never Never Land, there is not a hope in hell of wrapping this up in a week,” said Ann Dembinski, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 79, which represents about 18,000 inside workers.


Anyone else find this richly ironic?

 

[Kassz007]

Garbage collection should be considered an essential service. They should not be allowed to go on strike.

 

[screenstruck]

Agree. So should healthcare.

Quote from Kassz007:

Garbage collection should be considered an essential service. They should not be allowed to go on strike.

 

[peilthetraveler]

agreed, so should energy workers, farmers, babysitters, cable company employees, autoworkers, ect...

 

[MandelbrotSet]

Quote from screenstruck:

Agree. So should healthcare.

+1

 

[S2007S]

Shouldn't they just be glad and smiling ear to ear to have a job in this crisis.

 

[sumosam]

Problem was, city councillors gave themselves a 2.4% raise, and now are expecting workers to have cuts to their benefits.

Stupid councillors, now toiurism will be shot to hell. I don'tagree with strike action....i live in Etobicoke where we decided to privatize garbage collection. they get $18/hr with no benefits...city garbage workers get $25.11 plus pension, generous benefits, and yes 18 days/yr. I used to work there. Had to leave. A cesspool of entitlement.

 

[jazzsax]

I was in etobicoke but moved a bit further north once I bought my house (still in toronto though...)

Miller is a douche. Last thing you do when you want your unions to take a freeze is take a raise yourself.