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    On 11/11/2022 at 9:08 PM, Blackstar said:

    Demand is still good but production is down. Labourers are at $25-30/hr, 50 hour week, but we rarely get a response to ads.

    The younger generation is not interested in work.

    Next year we will likely be all immigrant workers.

    What is the nature of your business? 

     

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    7 hours ago, Blackstar said:

     

    That $39k number has me curious too.

    I'd like to see CUPE post where that number comes from. My guess would be a part time worker. $30/hr, 30 hour week.

     

     

    Yes its interesting how  they have presented the data. They talk annual salary but avoid mentioning hourly wage or annual working hours . 

    This has and will more so become a game of public support. Both sides while not outright lying are manipulating their language to more support their position. Their is much more on the table in addition to wage increase amount and the public is not aware of the full ramifications . Job security , benefits and working conditions etc. This is the case  with most contract negotiations . Ford was shocked to learn that there was sjgnificant public and union  support for CUPE. Nov. 15 scared the shit out of him . This support could easily slip through CUPE's hands and into Fords as well.

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    38 minutes ago, toslow said:

    Union needs to be realistic about its demands

    As I stated before I agree 11.7 percent is unrealistic . However govt. offer is equally unrealistic. Both sides need to show some flexibility

     

    8 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

    The union isn't being reasonable, the parents just want their kids back.

     

    The funny thing is out of CUPE, the only person required to keep the schools open is the janitor, ie the guy who mops the floors.  The reason being he's the only one who knows what knobs and buttons to press to keep the schools going.

    So much for higher education.

    that is quite a paintbrush you are using . There are EAs admin etc . all play a role in keeping the schools open. 

     

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    7 minutes ago, toslow said:

    From what i understand ford was willing to stay at the table, I would do the same thing if they came at me with a ridiculous rate of increase. I would counter with a ridiculous small amount.

     

    cupe did not walk away from the table as Ford keeps insisting. 

    3 minutes ago, toslow said:

    It’s not just a one of. If the government gives in to the amount. It’s like setting the hounds loose for the next bunch

    teachers that  are at full rate in wage are making over a hundred grand, that’s without the other perks of the job

    the EA should be going after the union to pony up some of the shortfalls 

    As you said this all needs to be negotiated through legal and unobstructed  collective bargaining at the table. Fords attempt to circumvent the process using the notwithstanding clause is inappropriate.

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    We have been spoiled in North America for many decades enjoying low fuel costs as compared to the rest of the world. We have spent minimal resources on public transit,rail system etc. Many of us have  arrogantly driven huge 4x4 v8 gas guzzling trucks back and forth to work.   Not because we needed to but instead  because we wanted to compensate for our  undersize wiener. We typically avoid carpooling etc. because we are able to enjoy the freedom and convienience of operating our own personal rolling  monstrosity equipped with every luxury imaginable .  Grandpa never would have guessed the future would require a heated steering wheel?  I am on the 401 every day with these huge trucks and SUV's more often than not carrying a  single occupant . A close look at these vehicles would normally reveal a pristine ,unscratched and never used cargo area along with a driver that is very likely to have never  ever in the trucks life  shifted to 4x4 mode. No where else in the world has this mindset like us. Because of this our mass transit , bus  rail etc is years behind the rest of the world . While other countries are embracing technologies like rapid rail , mag lev . etc . we are operating slow moving antiquated equipment  on  a minimal schedule . You can travel by rail fast seamlessly and easily  through several countries in Europe in one trip. We cant even go Toronto to Kingston by rail as effortlessly. When our highways become congested we whine and complain and try to build more and more expensive higways many times on previously prime farmland to further the cause and for the sake of convienience. . Just like Dougs new highway. Even if  everyone got on board and we were to start to update our infrastructure today we will be years catching up with everyone else .