Letter to the ATU Local 279 Executive providing clarification on Redefinition of Work
- 主题发起人 Obiwan
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现在CITY和ATU279是对上眼了。估计靠他们两边谈判解决是不可能了。
我觉得最现实的方案是宣布OCTranspo是"Essetial Service"。
我今天发了个EMAIL给COUNCILLOR：
Dear Councillor,
I am a resident in your ward. I am worrying about there is no sight to the resolution on the transit strike. Since the strike began, It takes me more than 4 hours every day to blah blah…. All these are enough. I believe that the authority or legislation should declare the bus as essential service.
Thanks for your consideration.
Regards,
My Name
Resident of My Address (My Postal Code)
我觉得最现实的方案是宣布OCTranspo是"Essetial Service"。
我今天发了个EMAIL给COUNCILLOR：
Dear Councillor,
I am a resident in your ward. I am worrying about there is no sight to the resolution on the transit strike. Since the strike began, It takes me more than 4 hours every day to blah blah…. All these are enough. I believe that the authority or legislation should declare the bus as essential service.
Thanks for your consideration.
Regards,
My Name
Resident of My Address (My Postal Code)
那TORONTO是怎么解决的？
参考多伦多的先例:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Toronto_Transit_Commission_strike
2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike
The 2008 TTC strike began as a legal strike action by Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) unionized staff on April 26, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. EDT. All buses, streetcars and subway trains in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, came to an abrupt halt, leaving thousands of commuters stranded across the city. TTC employees were ordered after the vote to not report for their next shift prior to midnight. Unlike the 2006 strike action, this strike was a legal job action. However, the Amalgamated Transit Union local 113 did not provide a proper 48-hour notice of the service withdrawal as they had previously promised they would do. Instead, the ATU only provided 90 minutes notice before the service withdrawal. Bob Kinnear, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 leader, claimed that the lack of an advance notice was necessary to protect the TTC employees from "angry and irrational members of the public".
General synopsis
The strike occurred when the two unions, ATU Local 113 and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2, voted 65% to reject the offer made on April 20, 2008. The result of the ratification vote was completed just after 10:00 p.m. on April 25. Torontonians and TTC employees were given 90 minutes notice of the impending strike at around 10:30 p.m. Internet gossip based on information from unofficial sources began around 10:50 p.m.
The rejected offer was a result of a provincial mediation between the unions and the TTC management. The deal had offered TTC operators a 3% wage increase each year for three years. Some operators and maintenance staff were not pleased with the offer and the concerns over the injury compensation plan. TTC employees voiced their concerns over the week prior to the shutdown.
According to reports much of the dispute is around contracting out work.
Back-to-work legislation
Toronto mayor David Miller said in a news conference approximately at 11:45 p.m. on Friday that this strike action was "unacceptable and irresponsible" and he spoke with Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty to ask him to seek back-to-work legislation. By 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, the provincial government had signed an Order-in-Council allowing for a rare Sunday sitting of the Ontario legislature to consider a bill (Bill 66) to order the union back to work. The legislature was in session at 1:30 p.m. on April 27. Ontario Progressive Conservative leader John Tory announced his support for back-to-work legislation. New Democratic Party leader Howard Hampton initially reserved judgment until he was able to read the proposed legislation, although at 6:05 p.m. the same day, he stated live on Citytv Toronto's CityNews that he did in fact support the legislation as well.
On April 27, 2008 a back-to-work law (Bill 66) was unanimously passed by the Ontario Legislature, a process which only took 30 minutes. The law was quickly given Royal Assent by David Onley, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, making it official after 2 p.m. The TTC was given a few hours to ensure the system was safe enough to operate. Most transit service resumed by that evening.
Offer
Term: three years, expiring March 31, 2011
Wages: April 1, 2008 - 3%; April 1, 2009 - 3%; April 1, 2010 - 3%
Vision Care: $300 every 2 years; plus $50 for exams
Dental Care: major restorative, including implants up to $2,500
Orthodontic: up to $4,000 (50% TTC coverage)
Physio & Chiro: $1,000 max ($35 per visit)
Long-term Disability: $2,550 max, per month
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Toronto_Transit_Commission_strike
2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike
The 2008 TTC strike began as a legal strike action by Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) unionized staff on April 26, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. EDT. All buses, streetcars and subway trains in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, came to an abrupt halt, leaving thousands of commuters stranded across the city. TTC employees were ordered after the vote to not report for their next shift prior to midnight. Unlike the 2006 strike action, this strike was a legal job action. However, the Amalgamated Transit Union local 113 did not provide a proper 48-hour notice of the service withdrawal as they had previously promised they would do. Instead, the ATU only provided 90 minutes notice before the service withdrawal. Bob Kinnear, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 leader, claimed that the lack of an advance notice was necessary to protect the TTC employees from "angry and irrational members of the public".
General synopsis
The strike occurred when the two unions, ATU Local 113 and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2, voted 65% to reject the offer made on April 20, 2008. The result of the ratification vote was completed just after 10:00 p.m. on April 25. Torontonians and TTC employees were given 90 minutes notice of the impending strike at around 10:30 p.m. Internet gossip based on information from unofficial sources began around 10:50 p.m.
The rejected offer was a result of a provincial mediation between the unions and the TTC management. The deal had offered TTC operators a 3% wage increase each year for three years. Some operators and maintenance staff were not pleased with the offer and the concerns over the injury compensation plan. TTC employees voiced their concerns over the week prior to the shutdown.
According to reports much of the dispute is around contracting out work.
Back-to-work legislation
Toronto mayor David Miller said in a news conference approximately at 11:45 p.m. on Friday that this strike action was "unacceptable and irresponsible" and he spoke with Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty to ask him to seek back-to-work legislation. By 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, the provincial government had signed an Order-in-Council allowing for a rare Sunday sitting of the Ontario legislature to consider a bill (Bill 66) to order the union back to work. The legislature was in session at 1:30 p.m. on April 27. Ontario Progressive Conservative leader John Tory announced his support for back-to-work legislation. New Democratic Party leader Howard Hampton initially reserved judgment until he was able to read the proposed legislation, although at 6:05 p.m. the same day, he stated live on Citytv Toronto's CityNews that he did in fact support the legislation as well.
On April 27, 2008 a back-to-work law (Bill 66) was unanimously passed by the Ontario Legislature, a process which only took 30 minutes. The law was quickly given Royal Assent by David Onley, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, making it official after 2 p.m. The TTC was given a few hours to ensure the system was safe enough to operate. Most transit service resumed by that evening.
Offer
Term: three years, expiring March 31, 2011
Wages: April 1, 2008 - 3%; April 1, 2009 - 3%; April 1, 2010 - 3%
Vision Care: $300 every 2 years; plus $50 for exams
Dental Care: major restorative, including implants up to $2,500
Orthodontic: up to $4,000 (50% TTC coverage)
Physio & Chiro: $1,000 max ($35 per visit)
Long-term Disability: $2,550 max, per month
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