OC Transpo is acting in a childish way. In fact worse than that, because even children, when you offer them a candy bar or some sort of incentive to stop their bully-boy, childish antics, they will accept.
OCTranspo, this "organization", run entirely by men (NOT A SINGLE WOMAN ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD), seems to me to be chalk full of PATRONAGE and GREED.
Check out their website: www.atu279.ca
This website is EXTREMELY unprofessional and amateur. Black and white images of the old days adorn the borders of their barebones website, attempting to make the viewer feel that the unions of today are somehow as important of those of yesteryear - a time when workers worked 6 days a week, 12 hours a day, for 50 cents an hour.
I called and left a message with the union's leader, Andre Cornellier. No reply.
I searched and searched for an e-mail - in vain. What sort of union has no e-mail address? A union that doesn't want angry e-mails from pissed off citizens!
Why is their office way out in the sticks on Gladwin Crescent? A small little hole in the wall sort of place too by the looks of it. (unit C-9) Why is that? Because they don't want people protesting outside their offices. Put your damn offices downtown, now, because we want to scream and holler at the top of our lungs and tell you how STUPID this is! At Christmas! 10.5 percent wage increase (over three years)! You say it's not about the money! Take that bloody figure off the table then! No damn wage increase! If it's really about the scheduling talk to your bloody management! Don't step on the elderly, the students, and the single moms who rely on the bus day in and day out! 350,000 = Ottawa daily ridership! GET WITH IT! GREED, GREED, GREED!
And another thing, Mr. Cornellier. It's about "respect and dignity". The city doesn't respect the bus drivers like other city employees. Boo hoo. 25 dollars an hour. Some drivers make 100,000 a year! You don't need a high school diploma! Many drivers barely speak English (or French)! And they are RUDE RUDE RUDE. I totally disagree with your presumption that when the city hires other people to drive the buses, outside of the union, that they are somehow less professional. Unionized bus drivers are some of the biggest jerks I've ever met. And Ottawa agrees with me!
To the city: why is public transit not considered an "essential service"! Hurry! Now! Hurry the hell up! Public transit is as essential as running water! Essential as the police service! They are an essential service! We "cannot survive without them". That is the definition of an essential service. By the sounds of it, from what I've heard, we, the transit users of Ottawa are suffering! Just because you drive a nice car to work, and park in your reserved, electrified spot at City Hall, doesn't mean you can't throw us a frickin' bone! Get your heads out of the sand.
OC Transpo drivers - do not strike. The City - hurry up and work this out.
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FOR ALL OF YOU IDIOTS THAT THINK THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE ANY EDUCATION TO BE A BUS DRIVER...YOUR FUCKING WRONG...MY STEP-FATHER IS A BUS DRIVER FOR THE CITY AND YOU HAVE TO WRITE AND GO THROUGH SO MANY GOD DAMN TESTS ...IT TOOK HIM 2 YEARS TO GET THROUGH ALL OF IT...SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH BEFORE YOU MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF ON THE WEB...THEY ARE ALL VERY EDUCATED PEOPLE...SO DO NOT EVER WRITE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN....
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