TTC strike again! Making $25+ / hr doing nothing but collecting tokens + all the benefits and perks.
If only the TTC management and politicians have the gut of Reagan.
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id296.htm
"On August 3, 1981 nearly 13,000 of the 17,500 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) walked off the job, hoping to disrupt the nation's transportation system to the extent that the federal government would accede to its demands for higher wages, a shorter work week, and better retirement benefits. At a press conference in the White House Rose Garden that same day, President Reagan responded with a stern ultimatum: The strikers were to return to work within 48 hours or face termination. As federal employees the controllers were violating the no-strike clause of their employment contracts....Over 11,000 strikers received their pink slips, while 1,200 went back to work within a week's time..."
No comments:
Post a Comment