Torontoist » layoffs http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:39:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Duly Quoted: Anonymous City Employee

“I feel like there’s a gun to my head. I feel undervalued and if anyone wants to know about morale among city workers right now, it’s in the toilet.” —A public health promoter who works for the City of Toronto, talking to the Star about applying for a buyout package that would see her retiring [...]

]]> http://torontoist.com/2011/09/duly-quoted-anonymous-city-employee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=duly-quoted-anonymous-city-employee Duly Quoted: Rob Ford ""Instead of laying off workers, we offeered them a package, and said, 'Okay, we're not going to lay you off; we're going to offer you a package.' Now, if they don't take the package [...] we might have to lay them off." ]]> http://torontoist.com/2011/08/duly_quoted_rob_ford_11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=duly_quoted_rob_ford_11 RIP Dr. Basrur, GM Workers Suffer For Peak Oil, Tories Put On Digital Jackboots

Former Toronto and Ontario Officer of Medical Health Dr. Sheela Basrur died yesterday of a rare form of cancer. Basrur was a calm and reassuring voice to a nervous city during the SARS crisis of 2003, and spearheaded numerous health initiatives during her career in public service. She’ll be missed. GM will today announce the [...]

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