How has the garbage strike changed your life?

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As the title say....
I am wondering how many of us have been negatively impacted by the city strike, and how.....

For me, I have decided to quit my volunteer position in downtown Toronto and peruse a different opportunity in Richmondhill. I made this decision because I don't want to deal with the stinky trash ridden Toronto streets, and because in about a week, thousands of high school students will be looking for volunteer positions and the choices will be reduced. I feel bad for quitting without notice, but I can't be bothered with the inconvenience of a garbage strike.

Also, I am a part owner in a company. We are starting a new contract this week and have client executives coming in for two weeks so oversee the start up of the operation.

The management of the company (call center) that I outsource my contract to has decided to close their Toronto office because of the garbage strike and move the work to our 905 office. The management has decided that they don't want to the clients to see what a garbage strike looks like, and they, the management themselves, does not want to deal with a garbage strike. We have 30 seats in TO and 30 in the 905, with about 100 employees.

With the closure, all 100 employees will be competing for 30 jobs, and some will not even be able to get to the 905 location. Therefore, some people will be out of work. THis is a temporary measure, but the management has decided that if the strike is longer than three weeks, the work will have to go to their other centers in the US or India. I've asked that all employees be informed that this is directly the result of the strike, and therefore, the union is to blame. I am using this opportunity to turn the people who work there against the union.

So in conclusion, a NGO lost a volunteer that was selected through an application process (me) at the last minute, and at least 30 people have lost their income.

I am interested to hear other stories.

[_Allan_]

It's given me a job. I'll be securing a site that's being picketed.

[15-20_God]

I've learned to over-react and make knee jerk decisions based on my own personal and irrational biases.

[jstaneon]

im busy picketing. Its kind of fun actually. We are about to break out the show tunes.

[_Allan_]

im busy picketing. Its kind of fun actually. We are about to break out the show tunes.

what site are you picketing?

[jstaneon]

what site are you picketing?

Im not saying. I dont need any RFD'ers trying to come up to me and try to negotiate a garbage deal with me.

[_Allan_]

Im not saying. I dont need any RFD'ers trying to come up to me and try to negotiate a garbage deal with me.

Touché ... I'm working at the west end, but same as you, I won't say the exact one.

[ariell]

As the title say....
I am wondering how many of us have been negatively impacted by the city strike, and how.....

For me, I have decided to quit my volunteer position in downtown Toronto and peruse a different opportunity in Richmondhill. I made this decision because I don't want to deal with the stinky trash ridden Toronto streets, and because in about a week, thousands of high school students will be looking for volunteer positions and the choices will be reduced. I feel bad for quitting without notice, but I can't be bothered with the inconvenience of a garbage strike.

Also, I am a part owner in a company. We are starting a new contract this week and have client executives coming in for two weeks so oversee the start up of the operation.

The management of the company (call center) that I outsource my contract to has decided to close their Toronto office because of the garbage strike and move the work to our 905 office. The management has decided that they don't want to the clients to see what a garbage strike looks like, and they, the management themselves, does not want to deal with a garbage strike. We have 30 seats in TO and 30 in the 905, with about 100 employees.

With the closure, all 100 employees will be competing for 30 jobs, and some will not even be able to get to the 905 location. Therefore, some people will be out of work. THis is a temporary measure, but the management has decided that if the strike is longer than three weeks, the work will have to go to their other centers in the US or India. I've asked that all employees be informed that this is directly the result of the strike, and therefore, the union is to blame. I am using this opportunity to turn the people who work there against the union.

So in conclusion, a NGO lost a volunteer that was selected through an application process (me) at the last minute, and at least 30 people have lost their income.

I am interested to hear other stories.

I find your decision and the call centre's decision hard to believe. The garbage strike just started at 12:01 this morning. So you backed out of a volunteer position because of the possibility that you may be slightly inconvenienced by a garbage strike??? How exactly would you be inconvenienced?? Wow, that sure says alot about you. And I find the story about the call centre closing their downtown office because of the garbage strike to be not credible.

[Sprite09]

Not affecting me at all. I live fairly high up in the building. Suckers in the back of the building on the second floor will enjoy the smells after a week.

[Ryan]

Something doesn't smell right here. Lock.