Anyone want to bet that eventually the union will drive Comrade Miller to use police salaries as a benchmark for TTC employees?
Assaulting numbers
January 23, 2008 13:01
Assaulting numbers: We’ve complained in the past about the levels of customer service on the TTC, that too often drivers and collectors seem to feel the public is an obstacle to be overcome. Yet an investigation published by the Toronto Star last week causes us to pause to appreciate what drivers routinely go through. “In the five-year period ending in 2005, at least 181 drivers claimed post-traumatic stress disorder, a rate about four times that of Toronto police officers. Another 102 operators reported missing weeks or months of work because they were suffering anxiety, neurotic disorders and depression. TTC drivers report these problems more than any other workers in Ontario, according to workplace injury claims. Meanwhile, reported crimes on TTC property jumped 24 per cent in 2006,” the Star reported. These are shocking numbers. Clearly, we need to immediately do a better job of protecting drivers in the first place and, as their union demands, those who have been assaulted should be properly compensated.
1 comment:
any reason why they shouldn't be compensated?
I realize a union is hard to take, sure, I dislike them as well.
But I leave my car at home most of the time and take the subway, I have seen first hand what these guys go through.
Should we short change them because they're represented by a union??
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