TTC Back to Work Today

Will there be any metropass refunds, like will I get $6 for not being able to use it for 2 days?

Also the TTC website has announced that they are "pleased" to return to work after legislation has been passed. Give me a break.

Sure, forced back to work, but how slow can we expect service to be?

People were using the St Clair and Spadina streetcar rights of way as bike routes - sweet.

Remember everyone.. (I remember reading this somewhere and thought it was a great idea) A nice, SAFE, non-violent rally would be to PAY IN PENNIES. It's a valid currency. Let's put their lazy overpaid-asses to work!

@thaman04: love that idea!

Definitely not going to trust transit until Tuesday at the earliest... too many people pissed off on both sides.

PAY IN PENNIES
PAY IN PENNIES
PAY IN PENNIES
PAY IN PENNIES
PAY IN PENNIES
PAY IN PENNIES

:):)

I will and so most of my friends

I even saw a moving subway about an hour ago at Davisville station, not necessarily a passenger-ready train though.

I'm surprised Kinnear hasn't resigned yet. Is he actually waiting for the lynch mob or what?

I'm not a Tory fan, but this is awesome (via National Post):

John Tory, the Conservative leader, said union members should consider whether their executive acted appropriately. "The average operator or driver would not have found it reasonable to start this strike without consideration of the traveling public," Mr. Tory told reporters. "I think it might be up to them to take some of their leadership out in the back and give them a horsewhipping."

well, around 6:30 I saw street cars go by on Carlton, Dundas and Queen. That was how I knew it was over. *grin*

For all the belly-aching on the internet you'd have thought someone flew a plane into the world trade centre or something. It's kind of embarrassing to see so many co-dwellers of my city lose their shit over being inconvenienced for a weekend. 'Oh I consider myself progressive and pro-union - until I have to WALK from EGLINTON to BLOOR'.

Well cris, it's more than an inconvenience for me to have to WALK from FINCH to BLOOR to get to work. Or what about students at U of T (who are still in exams) who live in Mississauga and have to WALK from KIPLING to ST GEORGE? What a bunch of whiners! Or god forbid anyone have a disability or injury that makes walking long distances painful.

Hear, hear, Rora.

cris, when you have something useful to contribute, feel free to chime in. That statement shows an absolute lack of understanding of everything.

Before anyone goes through with the pennies idea, just be aware that legally, any retailer or service can refuse payment of something when pennies account for more than 25 cents of the total.

^^^ but as Roger was quick to point out to me, there's nothing to stop people from paying with 25 pennies and 50 nickels!!!

I think you'd still be able to do the pennies on a bus or streetcar without any problems. If you dump them in before they stop you, they can't very well fish them out. By not returning the money to you, they are essentially accepting it as payment.

Booth collectors on the other hand would probably be able to retrieve it easier.

The lack of understanding I'm afraid is on the part of all the posters who seem to believe every TTC worker should be fired for having the nerve to exercise their right to collective bargaining - and withdraw their labour when they are in a LEGAL position to do so. It's not candy canes and rainbows but that's the tradeoff for living here. People got sat down for a weekend - it's unfortunate, inconvenient, shitty, but ultimately where did the weekend come from in the first place?

Here's a video that at least tries to make sense of the strike for people not from Toronto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXpibN7Hug

Someone will undoubtedly be assigned the task of scrubbing the blue penis off.

I just love Premier McSquinty's comments today imploring passengers to be nice to TTC drivers and "not threaten" them? WHAAA? As if the huddled masses are going to assault TTC drivers today! I still have this mental image of getting onto a streetcar very quietly, and then suddenly getting in the driver's face, and going "Boo!" That, or giving drivers an Atomic Wedgie.

"Ontario Acts to Keep Toronto Moving"

aka "Ontario closes stable door after horse has bolted"