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Jun 22nd, 2009, 09:30 AM
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 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.