• Toronto’s library staff book out of union [ Globe & Mail ]
• Q&A: Regent Park program making the grades [ National Post ]
• Tempest in coffee cup consumes City Hall [ Toronto Star ]
• Difficult times? Not for city staff [ National Post ]
• You may have to pay tax on plastic bags [ Toronto Star ]
• Can David Miller hold off the city’s comfortable unions? [ National Post ]
• Pothole season deepens [ Toronto Sun ]
• Huge road-repair backlog needs hole new approach [ Globe & Mail ]
• Sidewalk bricks attractive but create tripping hazard [ Toronto Star ]
• All City Hall on waste honour roll [ Toronto Sun ]
Wednesday’s headlines
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Re: Difficult Times? Not for City Staff. (National Post)
What City museum attendant makes $28 and hour, I would be very curious to know. I’ve worked at two city museum jobs, and both paid less that $20/hour. Other that I know of pay less than $10/hour. Plus, most city museum positions are unionized as part-time (Local 79) with no guarantee of hours – which means there may be weeks when you don’t work at all. Are they talking about Site Supervisors instead? (who are akin to museum managers, and are usually the only full-time staffers) Or maybe the ROM which is actually under Provincial jurisdiction? From my experience it seems like these numbers are very inflated.
I’m no fan of the National Post’s union bashing, but for what it’s worth, the article says all wages are for workers “at the top of their seniority level”, so they presumably apply only to those who’ve been working for the city over a long period.
Paper cups are a problem because of the non-recyclable plastic lids.
BYO cups are a problem because of potential disease.
How about a compromise where the coffee chains hand out paper cups, but the buyers get a 20 cent discount for providing their own lid?
I’ll say it again: if we’re going to be cracking down on garbage generated by fast food, I have to think that a bigger fish would be the amount of junk generated by customers eating *inside* the store. Provide a tax benefit to restaurants that use a certain percentage of reusable dishes and cutlery.
Tim Hortons is always made out to be the bad guy because people think of their take-out cups, but they are one of the best fast food examples of garbage reduction for in-store eating… most things come on a china plate or stainless steel tray, in a china bowl, or in the famous Tim’s mug. A lot of the leftover stuff (e.g. juice, pop) comes in recyclable containers. After eating a combo at, say, McDonald’s, you end up throwing out a wax paper cup (with straw and lid), and cardboard containers for your burger and fries.