While the optimist would agree with the link in the last post (it now says "yes," unless you click on it a second time) but I'd prefer "maybe." There is, after all, the need for both sides to ratify it. It's unlikely they won't, but who knows? This is the city and the union we're speaking about, here.
Of course, agreeing to binding arbitration with no strings attached 51 days after the strike starts is absurd. Seriously. Why didn't they just agree they couldn't agree and go that route at the beginning? Oh. Right. The feds were prorogued because Harper was having his own little political meltdown and the powers-that-be weren't breathing down city/union collective neck with the threat of back-to-work legislation. So, 51-plus days later and they're where they could've been on day one, with the exception of all the commuting headaches that ensued. This city kills me.
Of course, some conspiracy theorists are suggesting the newest development has more to do with getting things up and running and cleaning up the mess as best as they can before Obama comes to town. Ha. Even if it ends tomorrow, it'll take a while to get the system running. And ridership? Forget it. There'll be plenty of folk who've forsaken Ottawa's public transit.
The aftermath might be as interesting as the strike itself.
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