Asterix
Active Member
What do you propose then? We just keep on feeding them? Yes, the war with the union will be difficult, but it's the only way out. The province is changing guard too, if I were the union, I wouldn't bet on a sympathizing arbitrator.
I don't claim to have the best solution. I'm not the one who said "Given what I heard about TTC, they can squeeze out 8-10% productivity increase over 4 years" and then proceeded to back that up by saying they could reach those productivity goals by cutting this, that and the other thing, with no regard to how those cuts could actually be achieved or what the consequences of those cuts would be in the real world.
I am pretty sure though that you aren't going to win your war against the TTC union by driving them to strike and then expecting the city populace to line up behind you as they go weeks on end without transit waiting for the union to break.
Before you start your battle, you need to get a clearer idea on what your ultimate goal is. Do you want to outright get rid of the TTC union or are you willing to settle for signing more financial constrained contracts with them?