Toronto, union reach tentative contract

By the way, any and all Terms of public contracts must be disclosed, after all the public is paying.

Maybe this is just a way for the union to stall. If the union refuses to ratify the contract then they should be locked out. We certainly don't need another summer strike

Here is the first comment. Thank God! We have had enough drama in this City in the last 2 or 3 years and enough is enough. Let's get back to basics and run this city in a responsible way both physically and financially and enough of the bleeding hearts.

Good. There is no one who deserves jobs for life. You can never know if the job will be around years later. Things change and no one wins when a company can not move forward because they have a minimum employment number.

I people who work for a union are getting minimum wage, you deserve minimum wage.. The reason there is low pay scales is they require no skill and a monkey could do it. If you don't like your wage GET A SKILL!

about time the city plays the employer role,instead of the Miller kick back game

Mark Ferguson is a bit too dramatic - stating that these contract talks are among the "toughest in Canadian History" - Give me a break, I am sure that when unions came in to existence, negotiating a contract, in those times, would have been among the toughest. Get with the times Mr. Ferguson, there is no such thing as "job security" and the city can no longer afford to give your members "jobs for life". Even your job in the Union, I am sure, is not guaranteed for life. Get with the program!

I am happy we have people at City Hall with some balls now; High times now for this run away spending to stop. The union had too much power. Thank Mayor Ford you and people like you will always have my vote!!

I got a better idea, get rid of the blood sucking, worthless, overpaid, under-worked, whining, moaning dripping unions altogether and put everything in the government out to private contract.

PRIVATIZE!

This is good. No one needs to be out of a job right now. Just remember. The outside worker takes care of your $hit so be happy!

the union offered to take a wage freeze for three years
so the city gave them lump-sum pay hikes for four years

that don't seem like ford hit a home run on that at bat

They better come up with a deal because how will we ever get through this winter without the outside workers doing snow removal. Heart attacks are being reported daily from seniors cleaning their sidewalks so we must have the outside workers on the job.

Good to See, in light of what happened just a short trip West of the GTA........

time to really get rid of all these freeloaders , cut their pension and fat pay checks

I am happy, I hope that this is ratified...I agree that the City workers are paid quite handsomely but that is what they are paid...that is what was agreed to by previous administrations and I don't think there is anyone that would turn down a job paying this kind of money and then be happy and roll over when management or the owners say OH...you're taking a 50% wage cut..be real folks...do I think the City of Toronto workers are all the TV ads purport NO...but they are important..and I dreaded a lock out or strike...so hopefully this agreement can be ratified and everyone can get back to work!...Now can the deal last a little longer...please..it seems like the garbage strike wasn't that long ago?

25% of snow removal
that gotta be about 6 shovelfuls or so year

It will be interesting to see if the City succeeded in having the Union surrender the ridiculous and unfair job security, and sick pay that David Miller lied about getting back when we had the last strike.

"Terms of the tentative pact were not disclosed. "

Funny how these unions NEVER want the public to know how much and to what extent the taxpayer is being fleeced.

The taxpayers are the winners? Did hell freeze over or something? Nope.

Pretty obvious they would come to an agreement. The union workers prefer to picket between June and September when the weather is warm.