TTC STRIKE ENDS!

TTC STRIKE ENDS!

The provincial government led by Premier Dalton McGuinty was able to pass a back-to-work legislation to end the surprise walk out by the employees of the Toronto Transit Commission last Friday midnight.

To me it’s a great feeling since the city will be back to business once again. Unfortunately, someone in my family will have to wait for a couple of weeks for this and that’s my mother who have shown so much love in the family. I do hope she gets better after her surgery.

I was able to see the reactions of various people from the news and even in Youtube over the last day and a half. They definitely had the usual “OH MY GOD!” and “YOU’RE KIDDING!” and “THIS IS RIDICULOUS!”. Others had tons of stuff to say about the TTC management and the union who have failed with their leadership and have caught the whole city of Toronto in the middle of that mess regarding their bargaining agreements.

There have been a lot of people who were saying that the TTC should be an essential service. That way the workers will not be allowed to walk out and go on strike. It would be a great idea, but there are going to be some risks that the city will have to give in order for that to happen.

Whatever goes, goes… yet on the other hand we can’t all be too hasty and just let things happen in order to reach a certain goal. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. So I wish everyone in the TTC Management, the Unions as well as all levels of government involved would be able to come up with the best collective agreement possible which can be ratified without any kind of problems.

But if you’re going to ask me, I do think the TTC should be an essential service in a city of more than 2 million - there are about a million and a half users of TTC everyday; some do have alternative ways of going from point A to B such as the car or the taxi cab or other transit systems like the GO Transit; unfortunately others do not and are reliant a hundred percent to the TTC. When going to school, to work, to medical appointments, to daycare, and others, the TTC have been a great way for people to be able to do their tasks and move on with their daily lives. Toronto is a reeeeeally really busy city if you’re going to look at it after its years of existence and amalgamation and the TTC is its very backbone.

Anyways, let’s just rejoice cause the TTC’s back on the roads!