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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008What will we do if the TTC goes on strike?
Cancel that. I should ask, what will YOU do, because I’m about to go on a two week vacation! But I digress….
The last time we were transit-less because of a walkout was the wildcat of May 2006 when the city was virtually paralyzed by surprise. Then, it was to protest a shift change. This time, it’s a legal strike deadline at the coming end of a contract with no deal and today, no talks. They’ll get back to it with the help of a provincial mediator tomorrow and there are signs of hope.
Union head Bob Kinnear has said he’s not optimistic, but if negotiations do go in the right direction, he would be willing to talk past the March 31st midnight deadline if necessary. They’re holding fast on the demand for full pay for injured workers.
You would be wise to consider a contingency plan now. Nearly a million riders depend on the transit system each day and that’s a lot of extra traffic if even a fraction of those folks get into cars and merge onto our already clogged highways. Of course, I have a plan B for every day of my life! I’m just like that. I swear that if I had been boarding the Titanic, I would have been counting the lifeboats and been back down that ramp to solid ground, long before the doomed ship sailed!
