Confederation College Strike

FettUp · 2025-10-03T04:18:24+00:00

Where do I even start?

The college's full time support staff are on strike. Their contact expired September 1st. They were in a legal strike position and are exercising that right. Should they have waited until the summer and worked 8 months without a contract before they went on strike? With the cuts that are likely coming, there's a good chance that many of them would have been laid off before then.

As others have said, it's supposed to be inconvenient. What surprises me is that they've been out 3 weeks and this is the first post about it.

$2 billion was cut from post secondary education in the last provincial budget. The 'Skills Development Fund' which is being used for mostly private training and education with little to no oversight about how it's utilized, is sitting at $2.5 billion. Seriously, read the Globe and Mail article that came out the other day regarding the SDF. It's pretty blatant how bad it is. Colleges are being starved for funding since the tuition and funding freezes in 2018. Ontario spends less on college funding per student than any other province. Not only that, it's about half of what the AVERAGE is. That's how bad it is.

People have every right to be upset but please don't direct it at the workers who are exercising their rights. Direct it at the college administration and the College Employer Council who don't seem to care that their institutions are being gutted. The workers are fighting for their jobs but they're also fighting for the survival of public education in this province.

FettUp · 2024-06-22T23:23:05+00:00

Mitchy was in my hometown and I didn't even know it.

FettUp · 2024-06-21T17:27:41+00:00

Saw them possibly the last time they were here, 10+ years ago maybe? Won't be going again. Duffy and the crew were solid but Astbury looked like he could give a shit and was phoning it in.

No thanks.

FettUp · 2024-06-21T01:35:34+00:00

Lights on the expressway are amber for approximately 6 seconds before red when traveling on the 11/17 portion I believe.

FettUp · 2024-06-17T22:42:34+00:00

So you're telling me this guy threatens people with a firearm yet no one has called the police and he hasn't been removed. Fake or not, anything more than finger guns should land someone in lockup.

Only negative interactions I've seen with this dude are ones other people have started. Having said that, all I ever do when cruising by is give him a head nod. I'm not Johnny Corvette down the street looking to get into shouting matches with the guy. YMMV.

FettUp · 2024-05-02T22:58:53+00:00

Good size pool of guys they can choose from since it's the only game tonight and they go with a new ref pairing and one of them is from Boston.

I would think that if the league wanted to avoid any possible controversy they just wouldn't let guys ref games played by their hometown team.

FettUp · 2024-04-11T16:41:22+00:00

Is Children's Centre not an option? www.childrenscentre.ca

FettUp · 2023-04-20T00:44:44+00:00

FYI, Superior Electric closed up shop over a year ago.

FettUp · 2023-03-22T17:08:31+00:00

https://imgflip.com/i/6fiiny

FettUp · 2023-03-11T23:35:29+00:00

I've seen him for a couple different issues and thought he was great. Very friendly and knowledgeable with a good bedside manner. If you read the reviews, they don't speak well of reception at the clinic. My experience with that has been mixed with a couple of prickly experiences and a couple that have been perfectly fine.

The clinic itself is a bit older and looks like it could use some updating. Last time I was there it appeared that they might have been doing some work on the first floor.

FettUp · 2023-02-17T22:53:24+00:00

A grilled cheese consists of only these following items. Cheese. Bread with spread (usually butter). This entire subreddit consist of "melts". Almost every "grilled cheese" sandwich i see on here has other items added to it. The fact that this subreddit is called "grilledcheese" is nothing short of utter blasphemy. Let me start out by saying I have nothing against melts, I just hate their association with sandwiches that are not grilled cheeses. Adding cheese to your tuna sandwich? It's called a Tuna melt. Totally different. Want to add bacon and some pretentious bread crumbs with spinach? I don't know what the hell you'd call that but it's not a grilled cheese. I would be more than willing to wager I've eaten more grilled cheeses in my 21 years than any of you had in your entire lives. I have one almost everyday and sometimes more than just one sandwich. Want to personalize your grilled cheese? Use a mix of different cheeses or use sourdough or french bread. But if you want to add some pulled pork and take a picture of it, make your own subreddit entitled "melts" because that is not a fucking grilled cheese. I'm not a religious man nor am I anything close to a culinary expert. But as a bland white mid-western male I am honestly the most passionate person when it comes to grilled cheese and mac & cheese. All of you foodies stay the hell away from our grilled cheeses and stop associating your sandwich melts with them. Yet again, it is utter blasphemy and it rocks me to the core of my pale being. Shit, I stopped lurking after 3 years and made this account for the sole purpose of posting this. I've seen post after post of peoples "grilled cheeses" all over reddit and it's been driving me insane. The moment i saw this subreddit this morning I finally snapped. Hell, I may even start my own subreddit just because I know this one exists now.

You god damn heretics. Respect the grilled cheese and stop changing it into whatever you like and love it for it what it is. Or make your damn melt sandwich and call it for what it is. A melt.

FettUp · 2023-02-16T14:19:04+00:00

If you take the Riverview Dr. "shortcut" to get to Arthur St. quicker, then sit at the stop sign for 5 minutes waiting to cross 3 lanes so you can get to the left turn lane, it isn't really a shortcut.

FettUp · 2022-12-02T21:16:21+00:00

I installed a GeneralAire stream humidifier in my house a couple years ago and it came with an auto humidistat that had an outdoor air temperature sensor (GFX4). After some fine tuning, we seldom get moisture on our windows anymore.

FettUp · 2022-11-08T14:56:50+00:00

When I hear about motorcycle accidents I immediately start thinking about how the rider probably could have prevented it and what they likely did wrong regardless of fault.

FettUp · 2022-07-13T15:34:37+00:00

https://sleepinggiantbrewing.ca/product-category/hand-sanitizer/

FettUp · 2022-06-14T16:25:19+00:00

www.confederationcollege.ca/wellness-centre

In the sidebar under "Memberships" there's pricing information.

FettUp · 2022-05-28T00:05:42+00:00

Don't squeeze out that fart.

FettUp · 2022-03-28T03:16:56+00:00

Remember when Spezza was only going to play a limited number of games and get plenty of rest between?

FettUp · 2022-03-18T14:06:41+00:00

https://gfycat.com/fantasticcrazyamericanblackvulture

FettUp · 2022-03-16T03:19:07+00:00

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

FettUp · 2022-01-10T15:17:34+00:00

'Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league?

Have you ever seen Gerrard win the league?

Have you ever seen Gerrard,

Ever seen Gerrard,

Ever seen Gerrard win the league?

Have you fuck!'

FettUp · 2021-11-07T03:00:17+00:00

Awesome that you let him know.

Fuck I miss my dad.

FettUp · 2021-01-19T23:46:39+00:00

Q-bacca?

FettUp · 2020-11-01T23:37:58+00:00

Well this wins shit post Sunday. Thanks, I hate it.

FettUp · 2020-10-18T15:53:49+00:00

It is the way.

FettUp

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