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Strike Media In September
posted on September 23, 2009
City's sick-leave bill grows by $200-million
By: Jennifer Lewington and Brodie Fenlon
Published: September 23, 2009
Source: The Globe and MailMiscalculation by actuaries prompts calls for hard line with police and firefighters; mayor defends timing of disclosure
A whopping miscalculation in the size of Toronto's future sick-leave bill has critics of Mayor David Miller clamouring for a crackdown on the perk in future labour talks with firefighters and police.
Thursday, the audit committee will review the latest financial information amid charges the mayor failed to disclose that the city's unfunded sick-leave liability for all employees is actually $450-million - pegged earlier at $250-million thanks to an error by the city's outside actuarial consultant.
posted on September 19, 2009
City owes $200M extra in sick leave
By: PAUL MOLONEY
Published: September 19, 2009
Source: The StarThe City of Toronto owes its employees about $200 million more in future sick leave payouts than previously believed.
The true liability totals $450 million, not $250 million, chief financial officer Cam Weldon said yesterday.
Blamed on a software error by the city's outside actuarial consultants, the discrepancy was known to the city well before this summer's civic strike began, though media briefings continued to use the lower figure throughout the 39-day walkout.
posted on September 09, 2009
Councillor seeks ban on using parks as dumps
Sandra Bussin doesn't want to see a replay of garbage strike, which saw many parks and arena parking lots used for trash
By: Brodie Fenlon
Published: Sep. 07, 2009
Source: The Globe and MailToronto should ban the use of city parks and recreation facilities as temporary garbage dumps in any future strike by municipal workers, says one councillor who will raise the issue at a public works committee meeting later this month.
Sandra Bussin (Ward 32, Beaches-East York) said she wants a policy that will restrict temporary dumps to city properties in commercial or industrial areas. She also wants a guarantee councillors will be consulted before the drop-off locations are approved.
Strike Media In July. (270 Articles)
Strike Media July 24-31
posted on August 01, 2009
Post-strike cleanup begins
City council approves agreements with unions in 21-17 vote
By: Adrian Morrow
Published: Jul 31, 2009
Source: The StarWork is under way to get all of the city's temporary dumpsites cleaned up by Sunday night after Toronto city council voted tonight to ratify new contracts for both its inside and outside workers, signalling an official end to the city's 40-day strike.
Around 6:40 p.m., council voted 21 to 17 to approve the tentative agreements reached over the weekend with CUPE locals 416 and 79.
posted on August 01, 2009
Toronto on strike: The great cleanup begins
By: Katherine Laidlaw
Published: July 31, 2009
Source: The National PostStreet-sweepers, truck drivers and collectors transformed Chinatown and Kensington Market early Friday morning, doing away with mountains of rotting trash and restoring the streets to their usual appearance. By yesterday, as a man played a keyboard at Dundas Street W. and Spadina Avenue, merchants hawked vegetables in the sunshine. The stench of a 40-day garbage strike was gone at last.
“Oh my God, I can put my garbage in here!” Peter Baxter exclaimed as he tossed a Jamaican patty bag into an empty garbage bin in Kensington.
posted on August 01, 2009
Council approves contracts 21-17 as services resume
Miller estimates changes in sick-day plan will save $140-million over five years
By: Jennifer Lewington and Brodie Fenlon
Published: Jul. 31, 2009
Source: The Globe and MailA 39-day strike by Toronto civic workers is officially over after city council approved a three-year contract, but bitter, politically charged recriminations may linger for some time.
Even before council's vote of 21-17 – a narrower margin of victory for Mayor David Miller than usual – many city services resumed early Friday, with a cleanup of temporary garbage dumps held up until the green light from city hall.
posted on August 01, 2009
Analysis: Miller's costly strike victory
By: Allison Hanes
Published: July 31, 2009
Source: The National PostMayor David Miller may have emerged victorious from the vote that officially ended Toronto’s civic strike yesterday, but the public perception of the contentious new contracts approved by council may put more dents in his political armour than all 39 days of the summer labour disruption.
Despite threats a day earlier to derail the deal — not only by Mr. Miller’s political opponents but by genuinely conflicted councillors egged on by outraged constituents — council last night ratified the collective agreements for 30,000 inside and outside workers on a tight 21-17 vote.
posted on August 01, 2009
How your councillor voted
Published: Jul. 31, 2009
Source: The Globe and MailIn two separate city council votes to ratify collective agreements with CUPE Locals 416 and 79, there was only one surprise: Norm Kelly, a member of Mayor David Miller’s executive committee, joined the ’No’ side.
VOTED YES
David Miller, City of Toronto Mayor
Maria Augimeri (Ward 9, York Centre)
Sandra Bussin (Ward 32, Beaches-East York)
Shelley Carroll (Ward 33, Don Valley East)
Raymond Cho (Ward 42, Scarborough-Rouge River)
Janet Davis (Ward 31, Beaches-East York)
Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarborough Centre)
posted on August 01, 2009
Neither side of Toronto strike spared citizens' wrath
Online respondents less likely to vote for David Miller by 58 per cent margin
By: Jill Colvin
Published: Jul. 31, 2009
Source: The Globe and MailNearly 60 per cent of Torontonians surveyed this week say they are less likely to vote for David Miller now than before the six-week municipal workers' strike began, a new poll has found.
The results are evidence of the beating the mayor's reputation has taken, even as he managed to win a narrower-than-expected city council vote Friday to ratify the new contract with the city's unionized employees after a day of bitter debate.
posted on August 01, 2009
Miller pushes hard for deal
Close vote expected at city council today as outside workers ratify controversial contract
By: Donovan Vincent
Published: Jul 31, 2009
Source: The StarToronto Mayor David Miller was working the phones hard last night amid a chorus of criticism calling for councillors to vote down the city's new deal with its civic workers.
City council was to meet today to sign off on the new three-year contract with its two CUPE locals, which ratified the deal over the last two days.
posted on August 01, 2009
Who are the undecided?
By: MARK GRIMES
Published: Jul 31, 2009
Source: The StarToday's vote at city council on the ratification of the contract for CUPE locals 416 and 79 is dividing council along pro-Miller and anti-Miller lines. It could be close, and a handful of councillors who are politically neutral will be the key. Here are five councillors to watch and the ridings they represent:
Ward 6: Etobicoke-Lakeshore:
In 2007, Etobicoke Councillor Mark Grimes played a key role behind the scenes, helping to forge a compromise over implementation of Mayor David Miller's land transfer tax. The modified tax won the support of major developers and the Toronto Board of Trade and was passed by council.
posted on August 01, 2009
Don't vote down deal with unions
Published: Jul 31, 2009
Source: The StarIt is understandable that some Toronto councillors are upset with the deal ending the 38-day strike by city workers. The city did not achieve the sort of restraint on costs that it needs to cope with its financial challenges in the coming years.
But it would be the height of irresponsibility for these councillors – members of the "responsible government" group at city hall – to vote down the deal at today's special meeting of council.
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