Haydain Neale, 1970–2009
Transit City and Transit Cities
Peeve Patrol
Newsstand: November 23, 2009
The Making of a Medley
As the city accumulates garbage throughout the ongoing city workers' strike, we'll be accumulating photos. Torontoist's photographers are checking in on garbage and recycling bins around the city throughout the strike, an attempt to follow the tangible effects of the strike and complement our other coverage.
Photos by Christopher Drost/Torontoist.
WHERE: Cavell Avenue, Mimico.
WHEN: 2 p.m. today.
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Yup, my building's recycling which is picked up by the City has been taken care of all along during the trike.
Ah, Etobicoke. Home of contracted out garbage pick up.
Where one person (reduced labour costs) drives a large garbage truck (reduced transportation costs since you don't have to go to the transfer station as often) and uses a claw to pick up and empty garbage bins (further reduced labour costs since you don't have to deal with bad backs or other health concerns). Exactly how is this a bad situation?
But many sick days does the claw get?
Toronto trucks use the claw as well, but an employee has to position the garbage can so it can reach it because there is usually a parked car in the way.
The old City of York used to have contracted out garbage collection. Now with city workers doing it (sorry, used to do it until the strike) the garbage collection went down hill. It was better with the contract garbage collection.
Of course it was better with contract garbage collection. That's their job and their existence as a company depends on it. These union loony toons are just a waste of time and money.
Does anyone know if Turtle Island employees are unionized? The Star did a brief bit on them at the beginning of the strike... their wages were similar to the city's unionized collectors, but with much fewer extras / benefits.
(Also, I've seen similar robo-trucks operated by the city in Scarborough, also with 1-man crews I believe).