Along the waterfront parkland there's a new sweetness in the air – an unpredictable bonus in the civic workers' strike.
White clover is growing abundantly, its milky coloured flowers bringing perfume and a rough beauty to wide swaths of green space. City parks are looking less manicured and more like meadows.
Nature is having its way with us. And this part, we like.
It's the unpredictable upside to the strike, which has seen precious little good news, with swimming pools and summer camps closed, and garbage festering in parks and hockey rinks.
With grass left unattended for the most part, there have been rapid shifts in urban ecology – biodiversity increases, plants usually mowed down thrive and go to seed, birds and insects take advantage of the abundance and – downside! – the rat population is sure to increase.
3 comments:
would you like Miller to cave in to the unions so the strike ends?
You never answered the question as to whether it was legal to fire the workers as you suggested.
Ultimatum to strikers....return to work or you will be terminated. Legal? Who cares...it will give those that want to/need to return to work an excuse to do so without worrying about union retaliation. A good number of workers belong to the union becvause they have to not because they want to....
What part of ILLEGAL, did you not get Walter?
I would love nothing more than for that to happen. I really would. But for you to criticize the city right now for not firing them is sheer stupidity. You know damn well they can't get away with it, as much as we would like to see that happen
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