The Toronto civic workers strike enters its final stages. Like anything dealing with the Toronto City Council a simple vote can take days.The unions take two days to ratify the tentative agreement. But it takes until Friday to get the Toronto City Council off its fat arses to vote on ratification. Is there something wrong here?
I overheard one lady in a group of Local #79 workers state what is for me the most poignant moment in the whole sorry mess. This local is CUPE for the inside workers which includes welfare case workers. She said"I hope we settle soon. I can't get along on two hundred dollars a week in strike pay".
Welfare recipients across the street are getting only $50.
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It would be a real shame if Mike Harris, his fellow MPPs and the people who voted for him twice ever ended up on Welfare, all these years later.
Yes, it would be a real shame...
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