10-12-2005, 08:41 AM
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Toronto cops on work to rule???
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Toron...58734-sun.html
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Cops cap protest
By VIVIAN SONG AND IAN ROBERTSON, TORONTO SUN
Toronto's 7,700 police officers and civilian workers started working by the book at midnight this morning after backing a call for job action.
David Wilson, Toronto Police Association president, spoke to reporters after a rally by 3,000 members at the Toronto Congress Centre on Dixon Rd. and had harsh words for board chairman Pam McConnell.
"I think chair McConnell is the biggest obstacle right now, absolutely, and that's why we're calling for her resignation," Wilson said.
He said officers will engage in "phase 1" of their job action, which means police will don baseball caps and ties in union solidarity, working to rule and using their "discretion" when responding to calls.
Citing "outrageous demands" by the Toronto Police Services Board, the police association also said they would respond only to 911 calls unless a proposal to make officers work 42 extra hours a year is axed. Wilson said the extra hours amount to a week of free work.
The contract offer is for four years, by which time a first-class constable's salary would increase by 12.75%, to $75,791, the board says.
The union, which has refused to consider a longer-term contract, says officers would lose 2% of their pay in the first year. It also opposes the city's bid to reduce 3%, 6% and 9% "retention pay" bonuses initiated three years ago to stop the retirement of hundreds of veterans.
In a statement this month, the board maintained that "retention of officers is no longer an issue."
He demanded that McConnell be dismissed, after accusing her of misleading the public and engaging in bad-faith bargaining.
At police headquarters last night, McConnell scoffed at the demands for her resignation.
"I don't think the police association tells Pam McConnell what she will or won't to do," she said. "I think that's a bit of a theatrical and over-the-top kind of suggestion."
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Shout outs to the boys and girls in blue 
I wonder if this extends to Peel and York regions 
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