Strike Watch: Day One

Photo by Michael Chrisman/Torontoist.

The city workers' strike, effective as of midnight last night, likely won't be a pretty one. With broad and wide "service adjustments" to garbage collection, child care, and, perhaps worst of all, our ability to ride ferries to the Island; with massive Pride festivities near; and with stories trickling in of picket-line confrontations, there's word of talks between unions and the City but not much word of progress.

We'll be keeping an eye on the strike's developments daily, especially in every morning's Newsstand, and, as the members of CUPE Locals 79 and 416 deservedly or not accumulate bad will, and the city's garbage and recycling bins—at least those not plastic-wrapped—accumulate garbage, we'll be accumulating photos. Throughout the strike, Torontoist photographer Michael Chrisman is going to be providing 'round the clock wall-to-wall coverage intermittently checking in on the garbage and recycling bins outside of Osler Playground on Argyle Street, documenting their day-to-day change, an attempt to follow the tangible effects of the strike (if, for our limited case study, there happen to be tangible effects) and complement our other coverage.

The photo above was shot by Chrisman outside of Osler Playground before noon today, and we'll be featuring one new shot a day until the strike is over. If you have photos of your own to share—even if they're not of garbage bins!—you can, as always, add them to our Flickr pool or email them to tips@torontoist.com.