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A developing story in the Globe and Mail<\/a> says Mayor David Miller has secured an agreement with the province to get the TTC back to work.<\/p>\n

A visibly angry David Miller said he has secured an agreement with the province to bring in back-to-work legislation as soon as possible after thousands of transit riders found themselves stranded Saturday morning when TTC workers went out on strike.<\/em><\/p>\n

Subways, streetcars and buses ground to a halt at midnight.<\/em><\/p>\n

The mayor told a late night, hurriedly arranged press conference at city hall that the union’s decision to walk out after the failing to ratify a tentative agreement, and abandon an earlier pledge to give Torontonians 48-hours notice of any strike, was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unacceptable\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153irresponsible.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n

He said he had demanded in a phone conversation with union leader Bob Kinnear that he give 48 hours notice, but Mr. Kinnear refused. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We’ve got people downtown tonight who might have relied on public transit. How are they going to get home?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr. Miller asked. <\/em><\/p>\n

In a statement e-mailed to The Globe and Mail, Premier Dalton McGuinty said he will \u00e2\u20ac\u0153proceed with back to work legislation at the first available opportunity to end service disruption with the TTC.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n

It was unclear whether the legislation — which would require all-party approval to pass quickly — could be passed in an emergency session of the legislature tomorrow. City hall sources suggested this was possible. <\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. Miller also said he would be reconsidering his opposition to the idea of having the province declare the TTC an essential service, like police or firefighters, to take away the union’s right to strike permanently.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

• commentary<\/a> from transit advocate Steve Munro
\n• Globe and Mail blog coverage<\/a>
\n• Toronto Star coverage<\/a>
\n• National Post coverage<\/a>
\n• Toronto Sun coverage<\/a>
\n• Torontoist coverage<\/a>
\n• Blog TO coverage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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