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If the AG takes this on and if this report is like the VERY negative one on the streetcar overhead, it would seem to be the end for Mr Leary.

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TTC board asks Toronto’s auditor to probe SRT derailment

The TTC and one of its workers’ unions presented widely differing views of the safety practices on the Scarborough RT leading up to its derailment.
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Oh yeah, there is a bunch of stuff that has to happen before there could be a strike. We will all have plenty of warning!
 
Northern Light said:
Nothing there that we didn't really know.............. just rightly asks, why is this investigation ongoing after 5 full months w/no resolution one way or the other in sight.

As poorly as Leary is known to behave............

So far as I'm concerned, the grounds for firing him for cause are:

1) A near collision of 2 TTC Trains that he didn't bother reporting to the Board in real time.

2) A derailment of the SRT that certainly appears to be the result, in whole or in part of shoddy maintenance under his watch.

The above being reflective of his less than stellar record in Boston as well, which I would argue ought to have disqualified him from the TTC job in the first place.
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Even if we didn't fire/terminate... more infuriating: got an 8 percent raise in '22 and almost 19 percent in '23...received about 200k more since covid (2020 - now making over 560k) which is in itself a comfortable salary for an individual.
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What message are we sending when people are struggling to get inflationary raises or arguably affordable wages, yet those at the top are several times that when they already have a comfortable living salary for arguably poor performance? I'm not familiar with how the pay is arrived at, but there seems to be a complete disconnect between organizational performance and executive bottom line (not unique to the ttc, but we can at least hold their feet to the fire moreso).

I thought executives pay was high because of the risky nature of their role... In other words higher risk for negative consequences...
 
Northern Light said:
Nothing there that we didn't really know.............. just rightly asks, why is this investigation ongoing after 5 full months w/no resolution one way or the other in sight.

As poorly as Leary is known to behave............

So far as I'm concerned, the grounds for firing him for cause are:

1) A near collision of 2 TTC Trains that he didn't bother reporting to the Board in real time.

2) A derailment of the SRT that certainly appears to be the result, in whole or in part of shoddy maintenance under his watch.

The above being reflective of his less than stellar record in Boston as well, which I would argue ought to have disqualified him from the TTC job in the first place.
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You could also add the recent and damning report on the management of the streetcar overhead by the City's Auditor General - the findings of general sloppiness seem to be VERY similar to the SRT fiasco.
 
Richard White said:
In other news.. a T1 train was vandalized at Kipling.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TTC/comments/1c2zs5p/vandalism_at_kipling_station
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Let me bring the picture forward first:

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Now I need to ask for @smallspy 's insight; given the extent of the vandalism, I assume this had to occur when the train was out of service; it appears, based on the platform edge markers that this occurred in Kipling Station.

This, in turn, begs the question, is the TTC storing trains overnight, on the platforms? I know they've used the tail tracks in the past, but I wasn't aware they were parking them in-station.

Also, do we know if someone 'broke' into Kipling Station; was locked in overnight, or entered via the tracks?

Terrible; and real $$ to remedy. I hope there is camera footage and they are able to make an arrest or arrests.

But I also want to understand how this happened.
 
Rapido Trains (Canadian model train maker) is accepting preorders for their HO-scale Gloucester model subway trains. Might be nice even as a display piece if you don't run model trains.

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Toronto's First Subway - Complete Trains - HO scale - Rapido Trains Inc.

Rapido Trains Inc. is a high-end manufacturer of model trains and accessories in HO, OO and N (North American 1:160 and British 1:148) scales.
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Statement from TTC CEO Rick Leary on collective bargaining with ATU Local 113

Apr. 15, 2024

The collective agreement between the TTC and ATU 113 expired on March 31. At this point, we are in ongoing negotiations with ATU 113 and we are hopeful that we will reach a fair, negotiated deal.

We are aware of ATU’s statement, and we are pleased to see they are committed to staying at the bargaining table with us to reach an agreement and avoid job action.

We value the work all our 17,000 employees do to deliver safe and reliable service to millions of riders every week – the employees who are members of ATU 113, the TTC’s largest union partner, are a critical part of our operations and this relationship is important to us.

We will continue to negotiate in good faith and we look forward to ongoing talks at the bargaining table.
 
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