A bitter long battle has come to an end, the Toronto City Worker strike is no more.  Mayor Miller and City Hall have reached a deal with Mark Ferguson and Ann Dembinski from the  City Worker Union on Monday announcing a tentative deal that will put an end to this heated garbage strike.

VIA Rail Canada and the Teamsters union have announced Sunday that they’ve reached an agreement to enter into an arbitration to end the strike. Sunday service resumed with about 14 trains operating on a light schedule and full service will resume on Monday morning.

VIA Rail passengers will need to find alternative modes of transportation as rail service comes to a screeching halt. The end of the work week approaches, eager VIA Rail passengers anticipating to get home to enjoy the weekend will now have to scramble because as of 1pm today the Via Rail Engineers are now on [...]

As of July 20th 2009 about 30,000 workers were on strike but 824 of them have walked off the picket lines and have applied to return to work.   Is this a sign of things to come in the next little while?   The Toronto City Worker strike saga continues but will it last for [...]