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Is Your Strike-Preparedness Plan Ready?
The city has released its contingency plan in preparation for a possible walkout by municipal workers belonging to CUPE Local 79 and TCEU Local 416 at 12:01 a.m. Monday. If the strike happens, don’t plan on a ferry ride to Toronto Island, a visit to a city-operated museum, leaving your children at city-run daycares, or processing new applications for municipal permits. Unless you live in an apartment building or Etobicoke, there will be no garbage collection—the city will operate two transfer centres at all hours, with limited service at five others (please resist the temptation to dump your trash in a ravine or Rouge Park). With any luck, we won’t end up in a situation like the citizens of Windsor, where a municipal strike is now in its ninth week.