Richard Silver

Should Toronto City Workers Be Residents of Toronto?

I wonder if we would be moving in to the fourth week of the Toronto City Worker's Strike if all City workers had to be residents of the City of Toronto. If they all had the same services...or lack of...and also paid the ever-rising taxes of a City in deficit, maybe they would be less likely to strike or be more willing to settle. It should be a condition of employment that any City of Toronto employee have to reside within...Continue Reading...

Toronto Moves Towards a Strike.

       As we march towards a CUPE strike of City workers, here are my thoughts. It will be interesting to see what transpires as the days pass: I think that what the City workers are asking for and have been getting is unrealistic. Banked sick days, whether the economy is good or bad, is an exceptional BENEFIT, that does not appear in the private sector without bankrupting the Corporation. It is time to let that one go. It is not a RIGHT, it is...Continue Reading...