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Vancouver's strike: An end in sight?
by Kaitlin | October 2, 2007 at 12:37 pm | 754 views | add comment
Vancouver's civic strike is now entering its tenth week, and Vancouverites are way past tired of the piles of garbage, rats and other fun consequences of the lack of action by either party (I miss the libraries the most). It looks now, finally, like something's about to be done this week...on the part of the unions. Glad to see Mayor Sullivan has taken action. But why would he? It's estimated that every week without garbage service has saved the city a cool couple of million. Wouldn't you wait it out, if you needed Olympics cash?
The union and the city would not comment, citing a news blackout in place while both sides work with the mediator.But city councillor and parks commissioner Allan De Genova said he believes the strike will be settled before the Thanksgiving holiday, allowing for an immediate return to work next Tuesday, and allowing cash-strapped workers to be paid for the statutory holiday.
Mr. De Genova was once part of the majority civic political party, the Non-Partisan Association, but Mayor Sam Sullivan suspended him in mid-2006 and he has not returned to the fold.
He criticized the mayor for the length of the strike. The settlement could have been reached in early August, he said. “It's going to be exactly where it was two months ago.”
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October 2, 2007 at 12:37 pm by Kaitlin, 754 views, add comment
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