It’s official: The Toronto Civic Employees’ Union Local 416 (CUPE) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79 have announced that they are on strike. The locals were in a legal strike position as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009.  The media has been heavily covering the news in Toronto and focusing most of the attention on the garbage, but after a closer look, a lot more is at stake!

Many real estate related services are also on hold including: Building Permits, Toronto Archives and City Planning.  Some condo’s garbage pickup will remain unchanged, see if yours is on the list for pickup. I’ve listed the specifics of each real estate related category below:

Toronto Archives – The City of Toronto Archives located at 255 Spadina Rd. will be closed.

City Planning – No planning applications, current applications for amendments to the Official Plan or zoning bylaws or Committee of Adjustment applications will be processed. All scheduled Committee of Adjustment meetings or hearings scheduled to take place during the disruption are cancelled and will be rescheduled. Pending Committee of Adjustment Notices of Decision required under the Planning Act will be sent out. Adjournments are being sought for Ontario Municipal Board hearings on planning-related matters.

Toronto Building -No building permit applications will be received, processed or issued. No preliminary project review applications will be received or processed. No compliance, zoning use or property information letters will be processed or issued. Only emergency building inspections will take place.

AND OF COURSE THE BIGGEST ISSUE…GARBAGE COLLECTION:
Residential curbside garbage, green bin and recycling collection is cancelled in all areas of the City except Etobicoke, where it will continue. All city-wide yard waste, white goods (e.g. fridges and stoves), household hazardous waste, ElectroVan and HazMobile collection is cancelled, including in Etobicoke.

In areas with no collection services:
Residents are encouraged to properly package and store their garbage for the first week of a strike. Continue to separate green bin materials and other garbage.
Do not place any items out at the curb.
Store recyclables (can, bottles, paper and newspapers) and yard waste at home until regular collection resumes. Once your blue bin is full, continue to store recyclables in clear, plastic bags.
If taking waste to a drop-off site, combine green bin materials and other garbage and place in a securely tied, double plastic bag.
To minimize the amount of waste, please:
Postpone garden trimming and pruning
Use a backyard composter for yard waste and organics (no meat or dairy products should be composted)
Residents are asked:
To help elderly and disabled people in their neighbourhood by offering to take their garbage to designated nearest drop-off locations
Not to throw garbage onto streets, into laneways or parks
Not to leave litter or waste at litter bins. These will not be emptied during the disruption
Deliveries of pre-ordered new and additional residential garbage and blue bins will continue.
Existing requests for repairs or exchanges of residential bins will be postponed until the labour disruption has ended.
Should the labour disruption continue, allowances will be made to permit residents to put out additional garbage for collection after resumption of normal services.

For a full list of cancelled or suspended services click here

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