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anyone else pissed off right now?
"My parents live in Ohio; I live in the moment." -himym.
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Miss wrote:anyone else pissed off right now? Why? Is it still on? I thought that the city caved in and gave them all they wanted. Or is that why you are pissed off?
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no man.that was a week ago.
but now ttc workers aren't satisfied with the agreement and have gone on strike--this time for real.
without the 48 hr notice.
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bacon wrote:no man.that was a week ago.
but now ttc workers aren't satisfied with the agreement and have gone on strike--this time for real.
without the 48 hr notice.
Good thing I don't need the ttc. (I am in York) But it still gets on my nerves. Greedy shephards!
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yeah. I have a religion retreat on monday. I have to get to school by 7:15 in the morning. I hope I get an excuse to not go because of the strike. 
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It really, really pisses me off. I mean, they were going to get a 9% increase in 3 years in their wages, plus another whole crapload of stuff. Yet two-thirds of the union turned it down. It's not fair to the 1.5 million people that ride it. It's going to be hell on Monday morning.
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The Ontario government is going to step in today just after noon to figure out what to do. It's typical that the government needs to step in and save Toronto. Another outrage is what the union has demanded. This is the same union who has three TTC ticket-takers over $100,000 salaries each year ( check it out). That's someone who stands in a booth and rips pieces of paper... come on...
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Thank goodness I am not working yet.
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Wow, all I can say is wow, labourers earning over a hundred grand a year. Of course the worst of the bunch are the union heads whose sole purpose is to rob money from the TTC and hence the public. Strongly disproving the following, but in certain third world countries, these people could be executed.
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D.Dickin wrote:The Ontario government is going to step in today just after noon to figure out what to do. It's typical that the government needs to step in and save Toronto. Another outrage is what the union has demanded. This is the same union who has three TTC ticket-takers over $100,000 salaries each year ( check it out). That's someone who stands in a booth and rips pieces of paper... come on... Unbelievable! I checked that link: 388 ttc employees making over 100,000. That includes "dozens of train and bus operators".
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Yep, that's almost $35 Million that went to people who rip pieces of paper and turn a wheel in circles. That's not to downplay their jobs: transit workers get millions of people to where they need to go every day in a relatively safe environment. However, the only reason they're making more than some lawyers and doctors is because of their union, who realizes they have an enormous grasp on society and thus, they can pull strings to force the city (and now the provincial government) to do what they want. As something more close to home for me, check out this story. The former CEO of Grand River Hospital made $389,000 of Waterloo Region's money without ever working a single day. Ironically, the hospital's deficit for the year came out to $300,000. That's almost half a million dollars that could have been used to fund treatments, get better hospital beds, or get your family member in for testing much quicker. We're lucky fast food establishments don't have a union. Your $1.39 double cheeseburger would easily be $5.50 and the store would be closed on all statutory holidays! By the way, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada only makes $334,100 per year. Do you think the TTC ticket ripper is worth one third of the Chief Justice?
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that's obscene.
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D.Dickin wrote:Another outrage is what the union has demanded. This is the same union who has three TTC ticket-takers over $100,000 salaries each year ( check it out). That's someone who stands in a booth and rips pieces of paper... come on... Darn. and to think the kids who do the exact same thing at the CNE/Ontario Place get paid like 8-9 bucks an hour... 
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TTC workers get paid a TON to do nothing... Some bus driver made 130 thousand in a year by working all the overtime they offered him. How phooeyed is that for driving a bus. The have retirement, a union, and huge benifits. What are they complaining about, they want private jets included in their yearly bonus?
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TTC workers get paid a TON to do nothing... Some bus driver made 130 thousand in a year by working all the overtime they offered him. How phooeyed is that for driving a bus. The have retirement, a union, and huge benifits. What are they complaining about, they want private jets included in their yearly bonus?
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It's all good now, they've been told to get back to work.
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The most ridiculous thing is that, they didn't give any notice of the strike. When it was midnight, the drivers wouldn't stop and would leave passengers stranded at the subway stations. How dangerous and horrible is that? I'm sure there were young girls and women who had to walk home in the middle of the night.
Yeah, thanks TTC, you selfish [insert not-so-nice adjective here].
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They're goign to be made an essential service. They pull this crap too much. Then they can't pull it anymore.
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It is hardly like these people are pulling in 100 k + easy. The bus driver talked about in the article D.Dickin provided earned a base pay (after 20 years of service) of 54 k a year, but he had to work his butt off doing overtime to pull in the other 46 k he earned. That is a lot of overtime.
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^It may not be as easy, but they still enjoy so many benefits that when they do crap like this, we can't help but feel they're just getting greedy.
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