Toronto prepares for Monday transit strike
{{date|April 9, 2005}}[[Image:Ttc-streetcar.jpg|thumb|right|TTC Streetcar]]The [[w:TTC|Toronto Transit Commission]] is expected to strike Monday. The TTC workers union, the [[w:Amalgamated Transit Union|Amalgamated Transit Union]] Local 113, rejected a deal offered by TTC management. They last went on strike in 1999. The average daily ridership exceeds 1.3 million passengers.

The city of Toronto has prepared to help deal with the forecasted traffic congestion by opening up free parking for car-pools at 14 city-owned community centres, banning parking on some city streets, and opening up some bus-only lanes to car-pools.

The initial deal, which was rejected, offered a 2% wage increase over five years. With a huge turnout the union-members voted against accepting the offer with a 99% majority  according to a press release by the union. The union rejected the latest offer Friday reported to be a three-year contract with raises of 2.75 percent in the first year, three percent in the second and 3.25 percent in the third.

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pub=National Post|
date=April 8, 2005|
author=Benson Lee|
title=Monday strike threatens to halt Toronto transit}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2005/04/08/toronto-transit.html
|pub=CBC
|date=April 8, 2005
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|title=Toronto bracing for transit strike}}

*{{source|url=http://toronto.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=to-deal20050408
|pub=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=April 8, 2005|author=CBC Toronto|title= TTC workers to strike Monday}}

*{{source|url=http://www.wemovetoronto.ca/news.php?ID=686|title=Transit workers massively reject TTC's 'deliberately inferior' offer in largest-ever vote turnout|author=|pub=ATU Local 113|date=March 10, 2005}}

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TTC StreetcarThe Toronto Transit Commission is expected to strike Monday. The TTC workers union, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113, rejected a deal offered by TTC management. They last went on strike in 1999. The average daily ridership exceeds 1.3 million passengers.

The city of Toronto has prepared to help deal with the forecasted traffic congestion by opening up free parking for car-pools at 14 city-owned community centres, banning parking on some city streets, and opening up some bus-only lanes to car-pools.

The initial deal, which was rejected, offered a 2% wage increase over five years. With a huge turnout the union-members voted against accepting the offer with a 99% majority  according to a press release by the union. The union rejected the latest offer Friday reported to be a three-year contract with raises of 2.75 percent in the first year, three percent in the second and 3.25 percent in the third.

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