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petition to end ontarios ministry of transportation strike!

petition to end ontarios ministry of transportation strike!

Target:
ontario drive test centers and the minister of transportation

ontario drive test centers have been on strike for well over 2months now affecting many people in need of their licences as well as those employed either by the ministry of transportation and in partnerships with them. For most driving instructors road tests play a major role in their buissnuss which is usually there main source of income. the ministry is yet to resolve issues with the unionized employees of Serco DES Inc., resulting in lack of information about the resumption of services. this means those who wouldve had there licences by now are unsure when or if they'll get it , those who had to get there licences renewed wont have as much time or as much room for error when they do go for there road tests and that it'll be almost impossible to get a road test in time all due to the amount of people effected by the strike. Even after Serco employees agreed to go back to work the minister of transportation denied them that right .so please sign this and any other petition relating to it and help end the Serco drive test strike!

ontario drive test centers have been on strike for well over 2months now affecting many people in need of their licences as well as those employed either by the ministry of transportation and in partnerships with them. For most driving instructors road tests play a major role in their buissnuss which is usually there main source of income. the ministry is yet to resolve issues with the unionized employees of Serco DES Inc., resulting in lack of information about the resumption of services. this means those who wouldve had there licences by now are unsure when or if they'll get it , those who had to get there licences renewed wont have as much time or as much room for error when they do go for there road tests and that it'll be almost impossible to get a road test in time all due to the amount of people effected by the strike. Even after Serco employees agreed to go back to work the minister of transportation denied them that right .so please sign this and any other petition relating to it and help end the Serco drive test strike!

WE FEEL THAT BY GOING ON STRIKE FOR THIS LONG IS JUST PLAIN REDICULOUS AND INHUMANE. The ministry of transportation is supposed to be a government operated service and should be run like one instead of allowing it to create chaos. By allowing Serco DES Inc.,  to take over drive test centers the province of ontario has made a huge mistake and should end the strike immedietly. Too many house holds are suffering because of it espicially the ones consisting of single family incomes relying on either a driver or driving instruction to put food on the table. Many instructors rely on the ministries services in order to have students to teach , making it no road test = no student = no income leading to debt , closure of schools and possibly poverity if something dosent be done about it soon! The Canadian government offers benefits to those who take driving courses but we dont understand how you expect to premote safe driving practices and driver education if you allow services which are supposed to be government run to strike espicially for this long. On behalf of everyone being effected by the strike we are URGING YOU ,BEGGING YOU PLEASE END THE STRIKE before its too late ,
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We signed the "petition to end ontarios ministry of transportation strike!" petition!
# 589:
12:58 pm PST, Nov 22, Jack Meoff, Canada
Fire them all and see how many thousand get back to work.Government needs to order them back to work. Greedy union has to go !
# 588:
4:38 am PST, Nov 22, Chantelle Dagley, Canada
I won't be able to get write my G1 test on time if the ministry of transportation stays on strike for any longer.
# 587:
5:33 pm PST, Nov 21, Jerry Hiddle, Canada
havent been able to work with no licence for 3 months.fire em all send a message to the union.Only a union would demand more in a resession.$25 per hour and wanting more,unbelievable.Thats a great wage even part time,get another part time job if need be.Simple you dont like your employer get another one.You have messed with alot of peoples and there familys. 280 members in the unemployment line would get 1000s back to work.If you go back to work you are going to be facing many pissed off people.Hope it was worth it.Your job is so hard judging people.You and your union can go F yourselves
# 586:
6:17 pm PST, Nov 20, Emjey Demesa, Canada
I worked in georgetown which is we knew a town without public transportation, im currently working 2 jobs now but its useless coz i always take a taxi, the money that im earning from 2 jobs only goes to my taxi fair. Ive been doing driving lessons since jun but until now im stock, i already spend lot of money in paying my instructor and paying the taxi as well......Please i need to get my license so i can drive because that will help me a lot, like saving my time and saving my money.....Thank you, i hope you will understand my situation.

Please settle and stop the strike now....Please do understand my and other situation. I hoping a lot. thanks

# 585:
12:48 pm PST, Nov 20, Crystal Statia-Hill, Canada
I have been laid off for awhile now and the only jobs in my town i'm qualified for I need my liscence or I need to be able to drive to another town to work. I need to be saving for School and moving but I can't get my life started because of there strike. I'm 20 and I would like to get my life going soon.

You all should be happy you even have a job. Look at the statistics of how many people are unemployed or living on the street cause they can't get a job. Open your eyes and realize there is more to life then these stupid greedy reasons. In some countries people would literally kill to have a job, feel grateful, proud, happy, blessed, graced, privilaged...I could go on. Bascially get over yourselves.

# 584:
11:34 am PST, Nov 20, Anisa Malekzai, Canada
I need a car to work downtown, other wise i pay 50 dollars a night to get home for a seven day working week that is a little bit outrageous. I want to be able to drive to work and not spend so much money on a cab.

This issue needs to be resolved as soon as possible. I dont have the time to be wasting my money because you have a problem with each other.

# 583:
4:13 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Canada
# 582:
1:35 pm PST, Nov 19, R Schloss, Canada
I have had to turn down 2 jobs due to having an out of province license and not being able to switch it over. Also, my wife cannot take road test and so cannot get to work either.

Please resolve the strike thank You

# 581:
11:16 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Canada
I LIVE WAY FAR FROM TORONTO AND I WORK IN TORONTO ITS VERY HARD TO TAKE DA TRAIN OR BUS EVERYDAY AND VERY EXPENSIVE...I AM WWAITING TO GET MY G2 SO I CAN START DRIVING SINCE I ALREADY HAVE A CAR...

IN TWO MONTHS ANY KIND OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN SMART AND INTELLIGENT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD COME TO AN END...THIS SHOW HOW SLOW....INCONSERATE YOU GUYS ARE.....IF TEEN AND OTHERS WHO DONT HAVE THEIR G2. GETS TEMPTED AND FED UP OF WAITING N STARTS DRIVING ON DA ROAD....AND IF THEY LOOSE THEIR LIFES OR KILLS OTHER PEOPLE WITH CAR ACCIDENTS THEN YOU GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE....

# 580:
6:16 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Belgium
My son had to pass his G2 and we bought him a car. The car is sitting in the garage since I don't live in Canada and he cannot drive on his own with his G1. The awful thing is no one cares, while this is a horrible situation for 4000 people. Why is the ministry not doing his job ? they made the mistake of appointing a foreign company that cares nothing about canadians in the first please.

Dear Sir, Why do you not take your responsability and set things straight. You made a mistake appointing a foreign company to deal with a public Canadian service. They don't care about Canadians or about any further dealings with you, therefore they will not find a solution if not forced. You should force a solution or cancel the agreement like it is stipulated in the contract and appoint another company. Please DO find a solution so that people lives stops getting disrupted. Canadians should be aware that the people in the government do not care about their welbeing. I think and hope this will reflect in the next elections. Please let us see some action.

# 579:
4:17 am PST, Nov 19, Michele Ramos, Canada
I recently lost my job as a nanny because I couldn't get my license in time for winter. Now I have to turn down job offers because I still can't get it
# 578:
9:55 pm PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, Canada
Can not go for my G1

Stop whining you bastards

# 577:
8:19 pm PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, Canada
# 575:
7:51 pm PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, Canada
i'm 16 turing 17 and i still don't have my G1 because of this lousy not necessary strike....

can you please end the negotiation and make a contract or what ever is necessary to end this strike so i cant get my license and so can everyone else

# 574:
7:27 pm PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, Canada
I needed to get my liscence in November and the latest I can have it by in early december. I need it for way to many reasons to list.

Just open up a few more test sites for g2 testing, because it is really the only liscence that people really need, you don't need I get your G because it is not a huge meaning full change from g2 were g1 to g2 is huge and many people are counting on being able to get them as soon as legally possible.

# 573:
3:37 pm PST, Nov 18, Darrel Schneider, Canada
I can not get my full G licence now so i am stuck with my G2.

You should give everyone that can not get there drivers licence a drivers licence without doing the stupid test or just go easy on them.

# 572:
11:39 am PST, Nov 18, Renate Bontrup, Canada
My son turned 16 in October and is desperate to go for his beginners. Since he has already taken the classroom portion of his drivers training, he cannot take the road classes yet, I do not want the money i put into drivers training to go to waist if there is too much of a gap between the theory and the practical of his course.
# 571:
9:19 am PST, Nov 18, Extremely Disgusted, Canada
I have to spend 112.13 approximatly on a cab to get to school and back each day. This is due to my house being out of range. Im incredibly indebt from this. I also cannot get a job becuase I would have no TRANSPORTATION there. The days I do not have a ride I have to hitchhike. I have a car in m driveway that I cannot drive! This is rediculous. Get with the program. I week or two...yes understanable..3 months??? Come on now.

FIRE AND REHIRE. were living in a recession, we can't always get what we want.

# 570:
7:38 am PST, Nov 18, Nasir Naqvi, Canada
End this Strike. It is affecting lot of people. People don’t expect this kind of service from the government and companies.
# 569:
7:37 am PST, Nov 18, Name not displayed, Canada
# 568:
8:04 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Canada
i want to get my g1 im starting school soon and i NEED To drive!

Please stop this crap.

# 565:
1:34 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Canada
# 563:
8:33 pm PST, Nov 16, Alexander Trembley, Canada
i had my G2 road test scheduled for the day after the striek started, i wias very upset with MTO and there should still be way to get my G2 so i can get to school and work
# 562:
6:07 pm PST, Nov 16, Peter Solanakis, Canada
i've been waiting for the past 2 months to get my g2. i have a car waiting for me to drive but instead i have to pay $70 to get to school and back with the stupid buses

get the deal done.

# 561:
5:27 pm PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Canada
im in deperated need of a job, and i got an interview for a job, and i neeeeed my g2 to get this this interview in hamilton. i have been living stressfully with no money for 3 months now. i need them to get off strike

nothing really, just end it. your not getting paid anymore, so just end it, and leave everything as it is, there are many pissed off people

# 560:
3:22 pm PST, Nov 16, Glenn Tomkins, Canada
Wow thanks to you I can't work or support my family now. Can't even insure a car I just bought for my wife and 3 kids. Now I have to spend money on a tow truck to get my car home.

Wow thanks to you I can't work or support my family now. Can't even insure a car I just bought for my wife and 3 kids. Now I have to spend money on a tow truck to get my car home. Oh just go to Toronto and get my Alberta Lic changed to an Ont. We should have your driving rights pulled and everyone that backs you. we all know you don't care as long as your pocket get full. Thanx but you suck

# 559:
9:33 am PST, Nov 16, Donald Simons, Canada
An Additional petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DriveTestStrike2/
# 558:
8:46 am PST, Nov 16, George Bell, Canada
# 557:
8:38 am PST, Nov 16, Cyndie Tomkins, Canada
# 556:
7:32 am PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Canada
Not being able to continue my career plan, wich is starting to get on my nerves just sitting around doing nothing

come on now, ur effecting everyone

# 555:
7:00 am PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Canada
Well my AZ license expired and I have to redo a written test to get it back, at the same time I cant renew my license or get a sticker for my car without writing the test or I have to downgrade to a g, and ofcourse lose my driving job. I was told that the police is aware of this by the licensing office and district 22 here in brampton twice that it's ok to drive your car and if you get pulled over they'll understand, but just on saturday morning as I was coming back from work after a 12hr shift, a cop from georgtown pulled me over cause of my sticker and gave me a ticket for $350 cause my license was expired, when I tried telling him that I made sure it was ok by walking into the licensing office and talking to the supervisor and they said the cops are aware of this and that i could still drive, he got pissed off and started yelling at me saying that it was B.S, towed my car away to georgetown and was left stranded with a another bill of $150 for towing, at the same time when i came back later that day to pick it up with another tow truck to bring it home, they wouldnt release it at the station because the cop hadnt brought in his paper work yet, it was 12pm and that's when the pound closed, and closed on sunday too, now it's monday and i owe another $105 dollars for storage fee, and at the same time am afraid of driving a truck in fear that the MTO will say that i cant drive, to top it off when i called district 22 back to tell them that i got a ticket after there office told me it was ok cause theres alot of people in the same situation, they told me it was my damn problem and yelling at me on the phone saying this. what kind of people do we have working for the police anyway, follow me on twitter to see how our public service treats civilians on this www.twitter.com/azel2000

he should at least have something written to give to us so that when we get pulled over the cops know and understand, not nashing their teeth at us saying it's B.S that cause of the strike we can still drive

# 554:
6:48 am PST, Nov 16, Jenn Powell, Canada
come on get this strike over with so that people that want to get the licence can do so.
# 553:
3:05 pm PST, Nov 15, Name not displayed, Canada
I am 19 years old now and was too afraid to learn how to drive when I first turned 16. However, now that I have stopped being afraid, and would really benefit from being able to drive (eventually) with working full time and night school... the ministry is on strike? Without any foreseeable date of stopping it?

I know my reasons for needing a license aren't as high priority as some others like people who absolutely need to drive for employment, but seriously something as important as this should not be allowed to go on strike... please just end it, give them what they want.

# 552:
6:53 am PST, Nov 15, Ellen Woods, Canada
my licence was suspended because of seizures i havents had any in three years now i cant get my licence back because i dont know what documentation is needed although my doctor says i am now o.k. DISGRACE WHY DID GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZE THESE PEOPLE.....
# 551:
5:15 am PST, Nov 15, Cordy Vandenberg, Canada
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