Read the whole article at the link; the comments are good too.
I expect you guys and gals in Ontario should probably have some choice comments about this!
GEE even in Canada the people are getting a belly-full of these Union Bastards!
Public union goons everywhere do not like being held responsible...
Maybe all the drivers should quit.
Didya see the SF bus drivers, union of course, making $156,000 a year?
Over 10 of them????????
And we “wonder” why CA is going bankrupt????????
On the other hand, abusing public employment and the public arbitrarily and unnecessarily is intolerable. The Union position seems to be exploiting the incident to excuse abuses by public employees. Zero tolerance there, too.
We all must recognize that bus drivers need to eat, drink and have bathroom breaks; anyone who doesn't accept that is an idiot. However, one should be able to assume that the rules include provisions for all that, and for "emergencies." Drivers are human too.
I am curious to see what a full investigation reveals. Until then I am satisfied to just wait and see.
Let me tell you, as a lifelong Torontonian, born and bred, these sons of b*tches are the most rude, abrasive union basturds you will ever come across. They treat customers like crap. The TTC is forever in a state of broken down operation. Daily delays and signal problems, train breakdowns, you name it, mostly during rush hour; leave hundreds of thousands of commuters late for work continuously. I can’t imagine the amount of man hours lost in productivity for commuters who are constantly late for work. The union has made the TTC the most badly run and inefficient operation in the world. They are complete and utter crap and they keep raising prices. The union members are spoiled, petulant brats who, if they weren’t a member of a union, would surely barely qualify as a road sweeper. Uneducated and dumb as posts, the lot of them.