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rfmcdonaldFrom The Globe and Mail:
Mr. Kinnear:
Kindly find a solution to your issues with the Toronto Transit Commission that does not involve me leaving my home at 5 o'clock in the morning to walk to my job and the beginning of my shift for eight o'clock, or my foregoing much-needed income. If you don't, I will be very, very unhappy with you folks.
Best,
Randy McDonald
The Toronto Transit Commission's union says its members have voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and to endorse a possible strike, warning that buses, streetcars and the subway could soon grind to halt if the TTC brass doesn't stop "playing games."
[. . .]
Bob Kinnear, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, which represents the TTC's 8,300 unionized employees, said yesterday that 99 per cent of union members who voted rejected a five-year offer that includes 2-per-cent annual wage hikes.
He accused the TTC of trying to make the union look bad and "scare the public" by presenting an initial offer it knew would fail to win approval.
[. . .]
In 1999, Torontonians had to walk, drive or cycle as TTC workers went on a two-day strike.
In 1991, a strike lasted for eight days.
Mr. Kinnear:
Kindly find a solution to your issues with the Toronto Transit Commission that does not involve me leaving my home at 5 o'clock in the morning to walk to my job and the beginning of my shift for eight o'clock, or my foregoing much-needed income. If you don't, I will be very, very unhappy with you folks.
Best,
Randy McDonald
