All Entries Tagged With: "union"
Selley: Privatizing Trash Isn’t That Stinky
Former (private) garbage collector Chris Selley thinks Rocco Rossi’s pledge to contract out garbage collection is an idea who’s time has come: “I didn’t catch so much as a whiff of putrefaction at Mr. Rossi’s press conference. It was a beautiful, windy day for an important message: We need to open up waste collection, as [...]
‘Time Of Sacrifice’ Coming For Toronto, Smitherman Warns
In a discussion with the Toronto Star’s Editorial Board, mayoral candidate George Smitherman notes that city workers will be expected to do their part to reign in spending: “He points to the huge deficits that Ottawa and Queen’s Park are running, which affects the funding those governments can offer the city, so Toronto needs to [...]
Social Groups Unite To Change Election’s Tune
A new coalition of arts, labour and social justice groups calling themselves One Toronto launched their campaign to raise awareness on specific issues: “They want the mayoral candidates to focus more on issues such as poverty, climate change, the arts, and accessible public transit. Their vision is outlined on a new website, onetoronto.ca, and the [...]
Ashton: Is Joe Pantalone Pooched?
Outgoing councillor Brian Ashton offers his thoughts on the state of mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone’s campaign: “For Joe Pantalone, a worrisome crack in solidarity appeared recently when an Opinion Page headline in the Toronto Star proclaimed: “Strategic vote for Smitherman best option for city’s unions.” The labour-union author went as far to state “even those [...]
Inside City Hall: Reading The Labour Council Tea Leaves
The Globe’s Inside City Hall has the full rundown on the endorsements from the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, beginning with mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone: “The umbrella union group has endorsed 18 council candidates, 12 of whom are lefty incumbents in seats safer than a not-your-average-Joe condom. (One exception: Ward 8, where NDP stalwart [...]
Unions Pick Sides In Mayoral Race
Another union has waded into the mayoral race with the International Union of Operating Engineers endorsing mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi: “The Rossi campaign announced the endorsement of Local 793 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, “a major North American construction union with thousands of members in the Toronto area”. The Carpenters’ Union had already [...]
Union Gives Mammoliti Cool Reception
Mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti – who has warned city works there will be cuts to the bureaucracy under his administration – met privately with the local chapter of Canadian Union of Public Employees to discuss his candidacy: Mr. Mammoliti, a former civic union leader who has positioned himself as a rightwinger in the mayoral race, [...]
Gee: City Unions Didn’t Realize How Good They Had It
Marcus Gee at the Globe bets the union that represents city employees is regretting pushing Mayor David Miller to a strike last summer: “[T]he two leading candidates to replace him are talking openly and aggressively about contracting out some city services delivered by union members. It’s a radically different political landscape from the one the [...]
Carpenters’ Union Backs Smitherman
The Globe and Mail’s Inside City Hall is reporting that the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario, who strongly supported Mayor David Miller early in his 2003 campaign, has announced they will be supporting candidate George Smitherman in his bid to be Toronto’s next mayor: “The Carpenters’ District Council, which represents just under 10,000 members in [...]
