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Well, a couple of years ago the Calgary Transit went on strike and they were out for months. A lot of people, especially students and lower income workers had a really crappy time of it. It really sucked. And, really, Calgary is pretty easy to get around in compared to T.O.!
So, I really hope that no Public Transit in any city goes on strike because it's always the low end of the scale that gets the most adversely affected.
I really see it as a failure of civic adminsitration to let any public service like transit, sanitation or the like to get to the point of striking. I actually voted against Aldermen in the election following the strike that did anything to prolong the strike, which some of them did. Alas, my foul Alderman was re-elected anyway, but I did all I could.
Good luck, and maybe put pressure on your Aldermen (councillors?) to do the righ tthing and avoid a strike.
I did read about a single mother in some city in the US that tried to sue her local gov for negligence when she lost her job due to a transit strike, but I could not find it on google or anywhere else when I looked, so I could be mistaken. Still, maybe you should try using the Canadian Charter of Righs and Freedoms as a possible weapon in a fight with TO City Hall. Could it work? Who knows, I'd love to see it!
Good luck,
Peace,
Pierre
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