Compensation for Ottawa Residents affected by the 2008/2009 OC Transpo strike
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As of December 10th, 2008, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279 agreed to go on strike, leaving thousands of Ottawa residents stranded for over 45 days and counting.
We the people of the City of Ottawa, by placing our names as facsimile signatures on this electronic petition do hereby state the following:
The City of Ottawa has jeopardized the health and safety of the citizens of Ottawa by:
- Failing to provide alternate suitable means of transporation,
- Failing to negotiate with the ATU Local 279 in an expedient and timely manner,
- Failing to listen and respond to its constituents.
The ATU Local 279 has jeopardized the health and safety of the citizens of Ottawa by:
- Regularly interfering, disrupting, and potentially harming public safety by picketing at schools, school bus lots, the Junior World Cup, and other areas.
- Failing to negotiate with the City of Ottawa in an expedient and timely manner,
- Callousness and complete lack of consideration towards members of the public affected by the strike, by holding the strike during the coldest months of the year, and during the holiday season.
The Federal Government has not acted on its citizens' best interests, by:
- Failing to intervene on behalf of its citizens,
- Failing to order a back-to-work rule for ATU Local 279 members,
- Failing to provide alternate suitable means of transportation,
- Failing to propose a feasible solution to end the Ottawa transit strike.
We ask for compensation for damages incurred by the OC Transpo strike, including but not limited to:
Compensation for loss of income and/or wages, physical and emotional distress, physical injuries, illness and health risks, safety risks, isolation, significant decline in our standard of living, loss of mobility, all of which will affect Ottawa residents and businesses, now and years after this strike has ended.
We also ask that Laws and Bylaws be passed, and that measures and precautions be put in place, so that the citizens of Ottawa, a G8 World Capital, will never again be held hostage by a prolonged, disruptive, and harmful strike.
Thus affirming its common benefit to the people of Ottawa, we strongly encourage all serving City Council Members, Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, and the Federal government, to compensate the citizens of Ottawa for hardships incurred by this transit strike.
The haste and initiative you show as elected representatives, individually and collectively in furtherance of this cause, will be to voters a measure of your success in office.
We the people of the City of Ottawa, by placing our names as facsimile signatures on this electronic petition do hereby state the following:
The City of Ottawa has jeopardized the health and safety of the citizens of Ottawa by:
- Failing to provide alternate suitable means of transporation,
- Failing to negotiate with the ATU Local 279 in an expedient and timely manner,
- Failing to listen and respond to its constituents.
The ATU Local 279 has jeopardized the health and safety of the citizens of Ottawa by:
- Regularly interfering, disrupting, and potentially harming public safety by picketing at schools, school bus lots, the Junior World Cup, and other areas.
- Failing to negotiate with the City of Ottawa in an expedient and timely manner,
- Callousness and complete lack of consideration towards members of the public affected by the strike, by holding the strike during the coldest months of the year, and during the holiday season.
The Federal Government has not acted on its citizens' best interests, by:
- Failing to intervene on behalf of its citizens,
- Failing to order a back-to-work rule for ATU Local 279 members,
- Failing to provide alternate suitable means of transportation,
- Failing to propose a feasible solution to end the Ottawa transit strike.
We ask for compensation for damages incurred by the OC Transpo strike, including but not limited to:
Compensation for loss of income and/or wages, physical and emotional distress, physical injuries, illness and health risks, safety risks, isolation, significant decline in our standard of living, loss of mobility, all of which will affect Ottawa residents and businesses, now and years after this strike has ended.
We also ask that Laws and Bylaws be passed, and that measures and precautions be put in place, so that the citizens of Ottawa, a G8 World Capital, will never again be held hostage by a prolonged, disruptive, and harmful strike.
Thus affirming its common benefit to the people of Ottawa, we strongly encourage all serving City Council Members, Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 279, and the Federal government, to compensate the citizens of Ottawa for hardships incurred by this transit strike.
The haste and initiative you show as elected representatives, individually and collectively in furtherance of this cause, will be to voters a measure of your success in office.
75 Signatures
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Chris
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- I can't even apply for jobs because of this strike.
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kerry slack
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- dtaofs@hotmail.com
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James Rooke
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Linda Keigher
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- I have been sick from early on in the strike. I can not afford medicaiton. I have lost hours at work. I have not been able to get to a doctor at times. I find at times that am very down due to this strike. I deal with Crohn's, Anykylosing Spondylitis, Uveitis and Asthma. Due to the strike I had to stop on test drug for my Crohn's and fell very frustrated at loosing time from work not only for being sick but also because there isn't much business even where I work.
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Jean-Franзois FARJON
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Christine Boudreau
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Kim Talbot
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Ratko Dursun
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Karen Bedard
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- The strike is so wrong I am disabled and only just moved to ottawa in october and have no doctor to get para transpo and I do not drive
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Ruth Fortin
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Philippe Milot
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Mark Legault
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Julie-Ann Jones
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- This is absurd! Oc Transpo are acting like terrorists and as far as I remember, we have anti-terrorism laws.
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mirka dursun
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Anne Taylor
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Scott Campbell
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Francine Davidson
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- It as cost my family hundredof dollars for us to get to and from work due to the lack of respect for the working people who has a hard time making ends meet.
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Diane Jacobs
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Christopher Phillips
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Andrew Blodgett
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Benjamin Kenny
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Brad Fackoury
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- I need the public transit for my job, with out the public transit i can't get to work. No work = no groceries or no school.
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Brittany Lowden
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- I have lost wages due to the strike, being unable to find a way to get to work, lost money taking cabs, missed hours in school towards my degree due to lack of transportation
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Courtney Brand
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Jason Willett
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Zoha Abed
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Amanda Belair
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- You make enough money as it is! Shame on you, especially during this depression!
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Youstillhadapaychek Growup
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- So you were inconvenienced...quit behaving like you're still on the playground at school
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Catarina
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- Some actually make 120,000.00/yr, meanwhile the ones affected make no more than $40,000.00... Does it make sense that they are the ones on strike for more money?
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Karin Bole
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Alain Belair
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- way to make my life harder, Thanks.
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Daniel Hodges
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Jena
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Ann Laplante
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- This is rediculous to wait until May for an Express Bus
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callie ryan
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Al Kamh
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- This is so retarded, feel like I'm living in Somalia in terms of public service, shame on Canada!
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Kristina
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- I feel like a prisoner in my home. I'm a single mom with a 3 year old, I don't drive and it's the middle of winter. This has been beyond ridiculous.
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barbara wallace
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- shame on you !! You don`t know yet if some elderly or disabled person has died in their apartment because of this.
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leslie jutasi
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D. M. Hamel
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Elizabeth de Melo
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- froze a number of times while waiting for rides. Late to pick up son from childcare service many times. Late for work on numerous occassions. Missed work because of no ride. Emotionally taxing while have to respond to other responsibilities of a working parent.
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Allissa Gray
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- This really wasn't fair to the ones who needed it the most
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Sylvain Lacombe
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- Has spent over 300$ in taxi's to get around the city
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Tina
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- They should have been forced back to work !!
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Stephanie Tomlinson
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- Over $400 spent on Taxis, Hours of work missed, Hours of classes lost, Social gatherings misses, Dr's appts canceled... WE DEMAND COMPENSATION!!
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Jean-Pierre Lussier
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Roxane Levesque
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Maria Gaudreau
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Emmanuel Houle
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Melissa Russo
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