Anyone know anything abt the GO trans. STRIKE?
09-16-2011 at 09:44 PM
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Anyone know anything abt the GO trans. STRIKE?
any info? Any one?
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09-16-2011 at 09:50 PM
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any info? Any one?
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I googled it and came up with this:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1054518 |
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09-16-2011 at 10:13 PM
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If they go on strike, I will have no way of getting to McMaster.
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09-17-2011 at 03:28 PM
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OMG, is there going to be a strike every ***year!??? FML! ($#*%(*$#%! Isn't it bad enough we froze our ass last year trudging through the snow to get to class while starving coz there were no food places.???
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09-17-2011 at 03:58 PM
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Meh, I'll just camp out in Student Center...
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09-17-2011 at 03:59 PM
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OMG, is there going to be a strike every ***year!??? FML! ($#*%(*$#%! Isn't it bad enough we froze our ass last year trudging through the snow to get to class while starving coz there were no food places.???
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You do realize McMaster doesn't own/operate Go Bus services... right? |
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09-17-2011 at 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by fatcat
OMG, is there going to be a strike every ***year!??? FML! ($#*%(*$#%! Isn't it bad enough we froze our ass last year trudging through the snow to get to class while starving coz there were no food places.???
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Originally Posted by Cliu91
You do realize McMaster doesn't own/operate Go Bus services... right?
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I know what @fatcat ment, I am in the same position, since the first year at mac (2009-2010) there was a MAC TA strike, then the year after a MAC Hospitality Strike and now a non-MAC related GO Strike, what he/she ment was there is a strike every school year which sucks...
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09-17-2011 at 04:46 PM
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I hope this occurs just to experience the overall panic effect of it
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09-17-2011 at 04:50 PM
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If they strike me and my sister have no way of getting to school from Mississauga.
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09-17-2011 at 05:07 PM
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If they strike me and my sister have no way of getting to school from Mississauga.
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And the several other hundreds of students. |
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09-17-2011 at 05:07 PM
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Just so everyone is aware, trains will be running, so you'll have to get yourself to a GO station, get off at Burlington and take the 1 bus to downtown Hamilton, then grab the HSR to campus, so it's just gonna take like three times longer to get to campus.
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09-17-2011 at 05:13 PM
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Just so everyone is aware, trains will be running, so you'll have to get yourself to a GO station, get off at Burlington and take the 1 bus to downtown Hamilton, then grab the HSR to campus, so it's just gonna take like three times longer to get to campus.
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That's probably not reasonable, I mean it's *possible* but there's no way that the Burlington Transit #1 could handle the load, plus the buses from downtown Hamilton are already very difficult to catch at certain hours of the day.
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09-17-2011 at 05:48 PM
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the buses should still go to the downtown terminal right? just not onto campus? or no buses at all?
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09-17-2011 at 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by bham
the buses should still go to the downtown terminal right? just not onto campus? or no buses at all?
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From what I've read online, it'll be either no buses or very limited buses (see the article that I posted above).
This is not a campus-specific strike. This is a GO transit strike. There's not really a reason they wouldn't go on campus specifically but would go everywhere else. |
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10-22-2011 at 09:23 PM
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Just out of curiosity, does anyone drive to Mac from Mississauga? Maybe a bunch of us could carpool - I'd be willing to throw in some money for gas! Just putting it out there in case this strike does take place!  |
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