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July 22, 2008
Moonbattery Piles Up on Montreal Sidewalks
Posted by Dave Blount at July 22, 2008 11:41 AM
Moonbattery is making a mess of Montreal sidewalks. Acting on a union complaint, a labor arbitrator has decreed that sweeping sidewalks is the exclusive domain of blue collar workers, striking down a bylaw requiring owners to clean up in front of their shops and apartments.
According to property-owner Peter Sergakis, this means sidewalks won't get clean:
The blue-collar workers wouldn't bend to pick up a cigarette butt. They're spoiled. I don't have much faith that they're going to clean the sidewalk. I think we're going to go back to the dirt.
However…
[Union president Michel] Parent said the city should hire more workers if it wants a tidy city.
To actually get anything clean using union labor, it's going to take a lot more workers:
In the winter of 2006, as potholes cratered Montreal streets, an internal city investigation secretly followed three work crews. The 10 workers enjoyed marathon lunch breaks but only managed to fill nine potholes over three days.
There you have it, socialism in a nutshell: The government expropriates money to pay bums to do nothing while the world goes to seed.
On tips from Michael W. and Lyle.
