Torontonians are bracing themselves for a stinking hot summer strike after talks with the city ended at a standstill and thousands of city workers walked off the job late last night.
The city got a taste of summer heat yesterday, and it's expected to continue throughout the week, with temperatures and humidity that would make impending piles of uncollected garbage all the more noxious.
Closed public pools and lack of ferry service for non-island residents will leave Torontonians with fewer options when it comes to cooling off. But shuttered city daycares are forcing parents of more than 2,000 children to rethink childcare plans.
Well if you think you can drink your sorrows away...maybe not. If the LCBO and its workers cannot reach an agreement by 12:01 a. m. on Wednesday, roughly 7,200 unionized employees will go on strike. The city will really get dry.
4 comments:
Man i love this city. Only during a recession would an over-zealous union have the audacity to strike. This is a big 'flip the bird' to everyone who has lost their job and would jump at what the city is offering.
Hey I have an idea, why not drop off our garbage at the union office who is responsible for this, they are located at 110 Laird, Toronto
Just a thought ... If Toronto residents are really fed up being held hostage under mounds of garbage, why not simply dump your garbage off in front of those picket lines of striking civil servants? Similarly, why not dump your garbage off at municipal offices, police stations, the mayor's residence, the residence's of City councilors, etc.? Wouldn't that make cleanup easier once the strike is over? (Always think ahead).
If anything, once opposing sides in this dispute are directly exposed to the rotting refuse they so flagrantly inflict on local citizenry, the smell alone might help remind them of their commitment to the taxpayer.
Personally, and as a rural resident, I have no great love for the hopelessly gridlocked, multi-confused 'Big Smoke' or the misery its residents willfully endure. In fact, it could be argued that the smell of rotting garbage is a marked improvement. It's all part of the "Manhattanization" experiment you sewer rats all wanted.
For those who have tried to dump garbage in front of picketers and other strategic locations, it has cost them $350 in fines. The City has bylaw enforcement officers nabbing people who illegally dump garbage. SO its best to keep a cool head and wait this out.
Post a Comment