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Comment on [35] CUPE 3903 Queen’s Park Rally by Agnieszka

Agnieszka — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:23:16 +0000

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Comment on [40] Pedestrian Sundays at Kensington Market by Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:43:03 +0000

Wow! What fantastic revelery! I will definitely check this out before the end of ped Sunday’s this year! Thanks for the video and inspiration.

Comment on [40] Pedestrian Sundays at Kensington Market by sd

sd — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:54:50 +0000

This is a great visual aid for anyone that wants to know what the atmosphere is like at Kensington during ped sundays. The crowds can get rpretty big but always a good time.

Comment on [35] CUPE 3903 Queen’s Park Rally by radmila

radmila — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:04:41 +0000

While so many romanticize the union’s role in this, the fact remains that those who lost their homes on the picket lines couldn’t go back to work to save them even if they wanted to.
The penalties that the union would impose on them would be worse than York could.
This fiasco has damaged York’s reputation as a place of learning, and in the end will probably cost many of the jobs that they fought to improve the wages of due to fewer enrollments in the future.

The problem is often over-inflated expectations pushed by the union to the employees, and then, the push back from management based on what’s fiscally possible.
In these economic times, it’s unrealistic to expect job security for contract positions.

Those involved in these sorts of labour disputes quickly lose sight of the real issues and dissolve into pissing contests, each side trying to save face and point fingers of blame at the other.

Everyone loses.

Comment on [35] CUPE 3903 Queen’s Park Rally by Ryan Couldrey

Ryan Couldrey — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:33 +0000

UofT’s GA/TA/Contract Faculty union looks like it’s about to strike as well, by the way. Considering the precedent that the McGuinty government set with York, it’s also unlikely that the UofT administration will do much bargaining either, and just wait it out until legislation gets passed for them too.

The GAs, TA’s and contract faculty’s lives have been on hold too. Because of the strike many have starved, been evicted from their homes, and had to take out mammoth loans and credit lines in order to stay afloat. People seem to forget, also, that the majority of CUPE 3903 are also full-time students, and that their semesters have been pushed back as well.

The union fought for smaller class sizes so students could get a better education. They fought for job security and decent wages. They gave in to university demands on the wage front, and instead asked for the former requests. They lost. These workers will now continue to work below the poverty line, and students continue to think only of themselves, “My semester is ruined”. This union fought to IMPROVE their education. Nice.

Then again, we also live in a world that, while it’s horrific to kill cows for food, will walk by a homeless man on the street without batting an eyelash. We live in a fucked up world when a group of workers who want decent wages, realistic benefits packages, and a better learning environment for the students they work for end up being attacked by the very people they’re trying to support.

In the end, yes, people are inconvenienced. Lives are on hold. If other people’s lives weren’t put through the grinder in the past many people who currently have health care, dental care, 40 hour work weeks with time-and-a-half overtime, 2 weeks vacation, and even plain old minimum wage might not have any of it. People are short sighted and self-involved for the most part, and it embarrassing when a Conservative city councilor is trumpeted, by the very people who likely trash the Harper government on a daily basis, as a hero because he fought against the very realistic requests of the union.