TTC Union: the Propaganda Way. ⇒
11 March 2008, mid-afternoon
Maybe they are trying to appeal to people who don't take the TTC?
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11 March 2008, mid-afternoon
Maybe they are trying to appeal to people who don't take the TTC?
This is a post from my link log: If you click the title of this post you will be taken the web page I am discussing.
Those ads infuriate me.
We’re on the same wavelength today because I posted a rant about my experience with TTC bureaucracy this morning.
You just know that money is mismanaged in a ridiculous fashion in that organization. What I watched this morning was a inefficient, wasteful, and pointless.
I sympathize with front line drivers and what they have to deal with…but , at the same time…where else can you work that can offer you those kinds of benefits without a university degree? Next to the government proper…the TTC is a sweet job to have, and the public (me included) thinks that the average TTC employee has been spoiled beyond reason.
by radmila on March 11 2008, 4:15 pm #
Apparently the author doesn’t realize that the union has nothing to do with the dispositions of TTC employees or 30-minute waits between streetcars.
In my opinion, only one thing will make the TTC better: MORE MONEY.
by matthew on March 12 2008, 8:59 am #
Yeah, i’m impressed it hasn’t imploded in on itself. It’s been underfunded for years and years now.
I’m agree the job security the union provides TTC employees does not encourage the behaviour you see, but it probably doesn’t help it either. People who are dicks in other professions will probably be reprimanded and fired, while at the TTC you probably won’t see this happen. And sadly, I imagine day after day of dealing with people taking the TTC will turn anyone into a dick. Those poor sons of bitches.
Anyway, i’m not really anti-union. It makes sense for these employees to unionize to protect themselves. I don’t think society owes anyone a job, but at the same time I really don’t think society owes an employer a steady stream of cheap labour.
by Ramanan on March 12 2008, 10:04 am #
That’s indeed true…but a TTC clerk with a high school education shouldn’t be making more money than your kids teacher.
by radmila on March 12 2008, 11:30 am #
I think Bob Kinnear has serious leadership issues.
If people are interested in municipal finance issues and more specifically the problem with TTC, Enid Slack from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance is an excellent person to refer to.
She is an economist who wrote and researched the declining funding into cities. Her research probably answers a lot of our questions about transportation costs, social services, property tax etc.
http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/imfg/resources.htm
by tiff on March 12 2008, 11:37 am #