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Is transit an essential service?

The sudden transit strike in Toronto on Saturday was quickly over but it may have been a serious tactical mistake for the union. They had must about everything they wanted. But now the Ontario government is preparing emergency legislation to declare public transit an essential service and take away their right to strike. The public certainly doesn’t like their daily lives to be held hostage. If people depend on transit and forgo buying cars, then their lives will be thrown into confusion, their jobs and childcare arrangements and appointments will suffer if they can’t use public transportation.

The union says that they don’t want to be declared essential. Once it’s illegal for them to strike they won’t be able to apply the same pressure that they do now. But I think they almost deserve it.