A garbage strike, again?
It seems as if it’s the same dance over and over again. The “Outside Workers” for the City of Toronto have voted in favour of a strike. Yes, a garbage strike, again! Who can remember that it was actually Pope John Paul II who saved us 3 years ago, his visit prompted then mayor Mel “Bad Boy” Lastman to rule a back to work order.
Still, I don’t understand. Unions in the 21st century are not what they used to be. Believe me, I know very well how they helped in evolution of labour laws and fairnessand how they were needed at the end of the NINETEENTH CENTURY! But nowadays, they seem out of date, it is a different economy, it is a different world we live in. Job security does not exist for the vast majority of us, we don’t get paid for extra hours worked, we just have to stick with it and hope for the best. This infuriates me as much as that TTC strike infuriated me (and don’t even get me started about the taxi strike at Pearson airport last week).
We’ll see what happens, but once again, the city is bound to be held hostage by a small group of people.
