Its union is wrong to oppose this reasonable pandemic measure
Toronto’s public transit agency, the Toronto Transit Commission, is already in crisis because of a collapse in the number of riders during the pandemic. Now it is heading for more trouble. The fault lies squarely with the TTC’s main union.for all its employees. That made good, solid sense. Many TTC staffers come into close contact with the general public. Hundreds of thousands of people still ride its subways, streetcars and buses every day.
At first it even discouraged members from disclosing their vaccination status. As a result, the TTC said it had an “abysmal” disclosure rate. When the agency took the union to Ontario’s labour board over the issue, the union did an about-face and urged members to reveal their status. But union president Carlos Santos took the opportunity to lash out at the TTC, saying it was forcing workers “to undergo a medical procedure under duress.
Meanwhile, the union continues its campaign against the mandate. This week, it applied to the courts for an injunction against disciplining employees who don’t comply. That is the last sort of publicity the TTC needs as it strives to build back ridership, still at about half prepandemic levels. Other agencies and governments have brought in vaccine mandates with nothing like the same stubborn pushback. The city of Toronto is requiring its 32,000 employees to get their shots or face suspension and eventually termination. It’s working. By the start of this month, just one per cent had failed to say whether they were vaccinated. Ninety-four per cent of those that did disclose their status were vaccinated. The city is working hard to persuade the rest.
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