2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike

[2] According to the CBC, the main issues were regard changes to job security, seniority and the banking of sick days.

[3] The previous contract allowed some[citation needed] union members to bank unused sick days and cash them out upon retirement.

This decision proved controversial in the neighbourhoods containing the sites as residents expressed concerns about pesticide and rodenticide spraying, as well as odour and leaching caused by the piles of garbage.

[5] Junk removal entrepreneurs took the opportunity to increase their customer base, specifically because plenty of residents were left without options to deal with their garbage.

[6] On July 27, after extensions to a union-imposed midnight deadline to reach an agreement, CUPE local 416 President Mark Ferguson announced that the union had "the basis for a deal" with the City of Toronto.