I notice that the YRT strike is continuing. I also notice that management seems to have hired a lot of private security goons, presumably to break the strike and disrupt union attempts to win it. I don't know much about it, but don't like the look of what I have seen lately riding YRT. Looks like the union is losing this and that there's not a lot of community support for them. Shouldn't other unions be helping here? Hope something can be done and more information shared on this.
Here's a few things to start it off:
York Region Transit Strike Hits Day 50 {now 65!]
http://torontoist.com/2011/12/york-region-transit-strike-hits-day-50/
"Failed negotiations usher transit workers and transit riders into their eighth week of coping with the strike..."
York Region Transit Strike Update
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/899039/york-region-transit-strike-update...
"The bargaining committee will be taking a close look at Veolia's proposal as soon as possible and will decide wether to respond with a counter proposal or take it directly to the membership' says Bob Kinnear.."
Union Picketing Can Continue in York Region Transit Strike Says Court
http://wemovetoronto.ca/?p=1744
"We have no problem with the court order but the real issue is why this dispute is still going on when it could have been resolved two months ago through binding arbitration were it not for Chairman Bill Fisch. This dispute will forever be known as the Fisch Bus Strike of 2011-12. What a legacy."