This is true. To ask paramedics to accept anything like that is irresponsible and dangerous. They are forcing people to come to work when they are sick. I come into contact with sick people everyday, walk into situations which I have no idea what I'm getting into. If I go to work sick, there...

The city had no intention of bargaining in good faith. CUPE outlined 30 days of possible bargaining and the city ignored it and went straight to no board. And on top of that the vast majority of their demands were ludicrous to begin with.

Sorry that's my fault let me clarify that number. That 40 minutes is an average and includes: Triage/Registration - So we walk in, give report to the triage nurse, they'll decide where they want the patient, and then a chart is made. This normally takes about 15-25 minutes from beginning to...

I'm personally not sure what to make of Rob Ford, he said on national TV during his last debate that he would make us essential like fire and police if elected, but then he votes against it, and then this week he mentions it again... :confused: EMS actually did hire a full time PR person I...

It is definitely a system wide issue, much of which is due to patients clogging ER beds that require complex continuing care somewhere else. The 'offload delay' that you're talking about where you're seeing multiple crews stacking up waiting to transfer care is actually much better now than it...

Just to follow up on my previous post regarding the EMS essential service meeting at the OLRB in case anyone is interested... The meeting seemed to go well, but we won't know the ruling until the new year...In the mean time it has become clear that some members of council have some real...

Press Release from Toronto Paramedic Association: ---------------------- TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2011 /CNW/ - CUPE Local 416 has offered the City of Toronto an "essential service agreement" which will keep 100% of the city's Paramedics and their support staff at work. The union's only...

Why do that, when you can just wait until you're unconscious then have someone dial 911! But even that is $45

That's ridiculous, a lot of people on dialysis go 3/4 times a week, are they expected to take a 30 dollar cab ride every time? or perhaps they are to struggle to navigate a ttc route while their electrolytes are about to go out of whack from their lack of kidney function. Ford fails to grasp...

Most people also KNOW and have a REALISTIC expectation that they will get some sort of lunch break in their work day. I have not had a lunch break in 3 of my last 4 12-14 hour shifts. You see, so while you may one day land your finance/commerce job and get a nice end of year bonus like many...

Absolutely, we have been lobbying for years but there has never been any political will to do it right. Binding arbitration like fire and police would be the only fair way to proceed but apparently that would cost too much for the whole 850 of us. It's also interesting to note that the city...

I think all signs point to a lock-out as well, most of the general public don't seem to know the difference. One of the only thing blocking the city at this point is the lack of paramedic essential service. Locking-out paramedics probably wouldn't be the best PR for Ford and Co, but I honestly...

It's kinda a catch-22. Higher high school graduation rates and more people going to university is great, but it also floods the job market with thousands of new grads each year. The value of a degree has been severely erroded, and most fresh university grads don't understand that.

Unfortunately university has become the new high school, it is next to impossible to find a career with just a degree.

Again, there are more people in this union than just "garbage workers", which by the way still have a labour intensive job that most people wouldn't want and couldn't do. You said you have a finance degree, so to you i guess the "real world" is an office or cubicle. I am a paramedic and my...

Keep in mind that this clause is the only thing protecting city workers from mass outsourcing by this administration. And the fact that it's being called "jobs for life" is a bit misleading, as this does not protect workers from being fired from underperformance. Also keep in mind that these...

I normally wouldn't post something like this but I think the issue of an ems/fire merger and a cut to our budgets is really getting lost in all the talk of libraries/port land etc. That coupled with a massive campaign of misinformation by the national/local fire union really made me want to...

It's being offered to everyone. But it only really makes sense to take for the people who are within the 6 months to retirement to top up their pension. The people who will be laid off are the people who are more recently hired within the last couple years, the same people who thought that...

The whole hospital thing is dumb and illegal, police and paramedics can't just take people to the hospital, they have to come willingly or be apprehended under the mental health act. Not to mention the whole prospect of filling already full emergency rooms with non-sick people is pretty ridiculous.

The deputations were a sham, they were only done so that the administration can say that they listened to what people had to say...meanwhile anyone who showed up is being labeled as a 'communist' because clearly anyone who agrees with Ford is too busy working to come speak. This goes way...