Greg Wycliffe - Talking to PSAC Protesters LIVE in Toronto

00:00:00.000 all right we're live we're on young street and who do i run into but i run into the one

00:00:06.060 the only the chris guy actually lifted weights with him this morning at la fitness over there

00:00:11.720 uh well first of all sir thank you for the amazing chest workout but um i mean how you

00:00:17.420 feeling today you're going to uh good life's next week for working out what we're doing uh we're

00:00:22.220 going to be talking with good luck this weekend to see if we can do the next seven days at good

00:00:25.320 life obviously we had an amazing workout we went over and had an amazing breakfast at lavazzo cafe

00:00:30.460 we were walking into people just on the street supporting us letting us know that they're going

00:00:34.600 to be voting for me for mayor and now we got to run over to scarbo because we're doing the grand

00:00:38.420 opening of our office at 14 30 berchmont i gotta go home and shower and get changed 4 p.m we have

00:00:44.300 an award-winning food truck coming he actually even serves halal chicken uh and he's coming we

00:00:49.380 got free food free ice cream free drinks and we're going to be getting all our volunteers together

00:00:54.020 all our supporters together all our donors together and this is just going to be a good

00:00:57.240 fun time bring the family bring your friends and let's go support chris sky from here guys

00:01:01.480 absolutely i'm going to be there uh later tonight it's four to seven right out in scarborough i'll

00:01:06.080 be there um i'm going to speak with peace act strikers uh oh yeah we saw them over there yeah

00:01:11.920 yeah what do you think i should uh be asking them or like what do you think about this strike going

00:01:15.520 on you should be asking them if they uh they approved of all the restrictions last year we

00:01:19.300 should be asking them if they approved the emergency act to quell protests and then if

00:01:23.460 If they say yes, you should say, so when should we be using the Emergency Act to quell your protest?

00:01:27.920 Because they're protesting.

00:01:28.800 They're already getting paid way more than virtually everybody else in the private sector

00:01:32.720 who are doing more, either equivalent or even more work.

00:01:36.140 And they're getting paid significantly less.

00:01:37.660 They have less benefits, harsher working conditions.

00:01:40.040 So the fact that they're out there protesting for even more money

00:01:42.380 when we were out there protesting for our basic human rights and getting shit on,

00:01:46.820 it's kind of ridiculous to me.

00:01:48.060 Sorry.

00:01:48.540 I know you've got places to go, so we'll talk to you later, bro.

00:01:51.020 Cheers, man.

00:01:51.640 All the best.

00:01:52.180 yeah i hope you come work out with up again i will i will see you guys peace all right

00:01:58.980 so that's chris sky uh can you guys hear me okay because i got my new microphone

00:02:06.020 it might be picking up more sound i'm gonna try to read the chat just to see if it let me

00:02:10.900 know if it sounds okay okay let me know if it sounds all right i want to know if it sounds good

00:02:16.260 it's loud sounds good all right perfect so we're up here on young street young and uh this is

00:02:27.880 north of the 401 young and elmhurst on the other side of this intersection here we got

00:02:35.080 the strikers the strikers is the wind really bad guys just kind of curious if the sound's okay

00:02:42.700 the wind's kind of bad but it's a different microphone

00:02:46.660 I'm dealing with a different microphone today

00:02:48.400 different microphone, we got the PSAC people over here

00:02:52.180 outside of this Government of Canada building

00:02:55.760 and here we go

00:03:04.760 we're going to go talk to them

00:03:07.260 I'm going to ask them the same kind of questions I typically ask

00:03:11.860 what brings you out here today how's it going sir did you want to comment on the

00:03:15.700 no no he's good he's good all right here we go hi there sorry I'm not live on

00:03:27.940 YouTube did you guys want to talk about the strike going on okay okay cool cool

00:03:36.500 here we go here we are long round of people how's it going hi how's it going sir i'm live

00:03:46.040 on youtube did you want to chat for a minute okay cool all good hey there no problem no problem

00:03:56.120 hey there i'm live on youtube did you want to chat real quick or no hey guys i'm live

00:04:03.660 on youtube right now did you want to uh chat okay great hey there i'm uh live on youtube right now

00:04:12.780 did you want to chat about uh the strike going on amazing so uh what brings you out to the strike

00:04:20.460 The strike, so basically there's the wages, like we're asking for a $13.5 increase.

00:04:33.240 So they're offering a 9% increase over the next three years.

00:04:40.480 So we're saying with inflation that it's very difficult to keep up.

00:04:48.940 workers are frustrated

00:04:51.080 so they

00:04:51.960 were saying enough is enough

00:04:54.700 basically. So does it

00:04:56.820 have anything to do with work conditions

00:04:58.920 or is it simply just that you

00:05:00.840 asked for a 13% pay raise and they're

00:05:02.860 only offering 9%?

00:05:05.380 There's that

00:05:06.440 aspect but then there's also

00:05:08.800 remote work. I think what

00:05:10.840 the Treasury Board is saying

00:05:12.860 is that regardless

00:05:14.660 of operational

00:05:16.480 increases

00:05:17.920 or operational conditions.

00:05:22.240 It's got to be two days per week in the office for everyone.

00:05:27.400 So basically the union is saying that we want it to be more flexible

00:05:33.520 around remote work

00:05:36.700 and that we can do our jobs just as good with remote work.

00:05:42.500 Yeah, yeah.

00:05:44.380 Did you hear that the Peace Act was strategically shutting down the Port of Montreal and that sort of thing?

00:05:51.180 Did you hear about that?

00:05:52.200 Yes.

00:05:53.820 And do you support those actions?

00:05:56.760 Do you hope that that gets you what you're looking for?

00:06:03.000 Basically, we're escalating tactics legally all within the bounds of the law.

00:06:11.200 So, like, it's really designed to put pressure on government.

00:06:17.740 Yeah, yeah.

00:06:18.800 And so did you follow the trucker convoy that happened last year?

00:06:23.720 Yes.

00:06:24.760 And do you think that when they used the Emergencies Act,

00:06:27.540 do you think that was justified against the trucker convoy protest?

00:06:31.140 I think that for that situation, there was a lot of different message there.

00:06:38.580 Namely that there was some elements, like it was not about working conditions, it was more about basically there was also certain elements of extreme, elements like far right elements.

00:07:08.580 So, because I think it's interesting that, you know, do you think the emergencies, you

00:07:18.040 do think the Emergencies Act was justified in that instance, because it's very similar

00:07:23.080 in terms of the trucker convoy was shutting down, you know, strategically shutting down

00:07:28.260 parts of Ottawa, and then you guys are shutting down strategic places across the country.

00:07:34.160 So, you know, should the Emergencies Act be used on you guys, or do you think that's

00:07:37.520 so in terms of the emergencies

00:07:41.860 act it should only ever be

00:07:43.900 used as a last resort

00:07:45.720 in the most

00:07:49.540 extreme of circumstances

00:07:51.700 where people are

00:07:53.600 actually where there's a safety

00:07:55.980 issue

00:07:56.800 that's how I would say it

00:07:59.600 right right cool

00:08:01.540 alright awesome well thanks for your time bro

00:08:05.780 you're welcome cheers

00:08:06.820 awesome

00:08:08.540 I'm not even going to say anything

00:08:13.640 let's talk to somebody over here

00:08:16.840 how's it going sir

00:08:18.640 how's it going

00:08:19.840 I'm just live on YouTube

00:08:23.860 do you want to chat

00:08:24.440 no it's ok

00:08:25.060 you can talk to our captain

00:08:29.120 yes you can talk to our representative

00:08:31.140 why are you shooing me away

00:08:32.520 you're a random guy on YouTube

00:08:34.620 I'm a random guy on YouTube. Okay. Hey, ma'am. How's it going?

00:08:40.260 I'm just, hey, what? Can I talk to people? Why can't I talk to people?

00:08:50.920 Oh, how do I identify them?

00:08:57.340 The captain is what?

00:09:00.120 A captain badge.

00:09:03.320 Okay. Are you a captain?

00:09:04.620 hi hello hi i'm just live on youtube i was hoping to chat with some of the strikers

00:09:13.660 okay uh can i connect with some of those captains

00:09:24.540 okay uh well i'm just trying to youtube channel uh it's just myself just greg wycliffe i'm just

00:09:32.040 trying to document what's going on. I'm just asking people about the strike and

00:09:37.560 you know about what they're fighting for, right?

00:09:50.720 You're not getting any interviews or media at this time? I mean well these

00:09:55.580 people are free citizens are they not who are who are striking?

00:10:02.040 I'm just asking them questions all right it's the camera's still looking at me

00:10:20.160 it's all like if you do see a captain

00:10:32.000 then please send them my way that would be great you won't be doing that why don't you want to like

00:10:38.480 spread the message of of you guys you guys have something to hide why can't i talk to the people

00:10:57.060 why why does this have to be so complicated like it's

00:11:09.360 yeah but like we're alive there's no skewing it it's just straight up talking to people

00:11:24.600 yeah okay all right well i guess you're not going to help me find a captain to talk to

00:11:32.540 so thanks thanks for nothing but uh thanks anyway um cool wow hi how's it going

00:11:41.060 a lot of a lot of snubs man i'm getting a lot of snubs here

00:11:46.180 um but we're gonna keep going this guy's got a little banner on here

00:11:51.540 i'm sorry i'm not giving too many good visuals right now did you guys hear any of that i don't

00:11:56.480 know how's it going i'm good i'm just live on youtube right now did you want to chat to the

00:12:02.420 people at home did you want to chat with the people at home oh no i'm okay thank you very

00:12:06.760 much oh okay uh could we chat and like i don't have your face on camera and i just hear your

00:12:12.740 voice or yeah yeah you can do that okay awesome yeah i'll just have like your feet here sorry

00:12:17.500 Yeah, we're not really giving interviews to anyone right here.

00:12:23.500 We're not giving interviews to anyone right here.

00:12:25.500 Perfect, yes, perfect.

00:12:26.500 What kind of...

00:12:27.500 Yes, here you go.

00:12:28.500 You heard the video.

00:12:29.500 We'll not be able to action until we have someone from PSAC.

00:12:33.500 And now it's the lady you were talking to.

00:12:36.500 Thank you.

00:12:37.500 Oh, okay.

00:12:38.500 So you guys can't speak for yourselves, basically?

00:12:40.500 Well, it's not necessarily that, but I think we have...

00:12:43.500 That's what it sounds like.

00:12:44.500 You need someone here to speak for you.

00:12:46.500 okay thanks anyway thanks anyway wow i mean i knew i knew i was gonna expect something when i

00:12:59.620 was here but like jesus jesus apparently i'm harass i'm harassing people for asking their

00:13:07.620 thoughts this is harassment hey why are you striking today that's harassment to ask somebody

00:13:13.140 why they're striking. It's crazy.

00:13:22.100 All right, we're gonna walk down this way a bit. We're gonna walk down this way a

00:13:29.520 bit. Maybe I should change my outfit. What YouTube channel? What YouTube

00:13:33.900 channel are you from? Well, we need to like back check you before you can talk

00:13:36.880 to people that's that's cool

00:13:42.420 how's it going I'm good hi there okay thanks anyway hey there I'm just live on

00:13:57.560 YouTube did you want to chat to the people about no okay hey guys I'm just

00:14:04.480 I'm just live on YouTube right now.

00:14:06.120 I'm hoping to talk to some of the strikers.

00:14:08.480 I'm good, thank you.

00:14:09.480 You good? Okay.

00:14:10.960 Hey, did you want to...

00:14:12.220 Hey, guys, I'm just live on YouTube.

00:14:15.640 Did you want to talk about why you're striking today?

00:14:21.680 Hey, I'm just live on YouTube.

00:14:23.120 Did you want to talk about why you're striking today?

00:14:26.100 You can talk to one of the people in the orange bag.

00:14:29.060 Okay.

00:14:32.160 Hey there, I'm just live on YouTube.

00:14:33.580 did you want to talk about uh why you're striking today hi there i'm just i'm live on youtube uh

00:14:39.500 would you like to chat to the people at home of why you're striking today what the strike is about

00:14:43.980 sure awesome and i'm here with uh bruno bruno so tell me what brings you out here today

00:14:50.780 uh i'm on strike man okay i'm striking for a contract we haven't had a contract in two years

00:14:58.060 so we're working without a contract before that we didn't we didn't have a

00:15:02.860 contract for five years and and then we got one and it's okay we got one we'll

00:15:10.000 get another one soon no two years down we still don't have another contract so

00:15:15.220 we're here to get a contract that's one of the big things and we also want a

00:15:20.200 wage increase because as you know the price of everything has gone out like you know that

00:15:30.600 did you want to come with me off to the side for a second sure sure awesome so um and this contract

00:15:37.800 does that include like the wage increase is that like what the whole that's the whole point of the

00:15:41.480 contract well no that's not the whole point unfortunately because there's a whole bunch

00:15:46.360 of different aspects to this they're trying to put in the contract new laws

00:15:55.460 about working remotely I I started working back at the office a few months

00:16:06.520 back and I like it actually I like working at the office but for a lot of

00:16:13.000 of people it's not convenient and it's it's way better at home for so many

00:16:20.620 reasons and the office I'm working at now it's closing it's closing at the end

00:16:28.240 of June and there's no other office after until September so I said where am

00:16:36.000 I supposed to go until the next office opens no answer so anyways that's not

00:16:41.920 the contract that's just it's just there the the different issues uh but tell you and we're trying

00:16:51.040 not to get people uh being contracted out hey my team sorry um i'm based from out of london

00:17:03.600 and i never met these people i just saw them remotely so i get to meet them here

00:17:09.760 and talk and uh yeah so and part of the protest is to uh or sort of the strike rather is to try and

00:17:18.080 uh have more lenience in terms of working from home is that right yes more lenience about working

00:17:23.800 from home and uh not hire uh contract workers because that's that's a disaster so you so you

00:17:32.920 want higher pay also more working from home more working from home more job

00:17:39.240 security there's there's so anyways I don't want to get into the job security

00:17:45.820 thing I've been there for 14 years so like you know I'm secure but these new

00:17:51.260 people and not so much and there's been so many changes over the years that I

00:17:58.100 I've I've seen I won't get into that there's tons you know um did you hear

00:18:03.680 about the PSAC is using a tactics of shutting down strategic ports across

00:18:09.800 across the country at the airport too yeah did you hear about that I I didn't

00:18:14.420 hear with the airport no yesterday a lot of these people I didn't make it I was

00:18:19.100 too late went to Pearson International Airport to protest yeah yeah and what

00:18:27.560 happened is the RCMP uh intercepted us and put us in a little little secluded area so we didn't

00:18:36.100 do anything we didn't interfere with anything but um yeah so there that was we had an attempt

00:18:44.260 to uh maybe picket at Pearson International that didn't well we did pick it but it's like

00:18:51.700 a non-event were you there no I wasn't there I just heard from my colleague that just said hello

00:18:57.160 because she was there with my other colleagues they all made it nice so you're picketing at

00:19:02.360 the airport for you know more working from home and and higher wages always the same thing it's

00:19:07.180 the same strike everything but well one thing that's interesting here is one of the first

00:19:13.480 thing i ask people is where do you work because people work in all sorts of places oh i work

00:19:21.180 passport uh i work cra i work all they're everywhere like and um yeah so it's nice to

00:19:32.380 see other people in the union because usually we don't and i guess in a way by striking you guys

00:19:37.840 are kind of like not only picketing the airport you know shutting down ports but you're also kind

00:19:43.600 of shutting down uh services for people who need to get their their passports right we're not

00:19:47.720 shutting them down the the services are we're not there to work them right so

00:19:54.040 it's kind of it's kind of shut down though well yeah in a way but it's it's

00:19:59.180 just that's the thing with a strike is we put a little pressure so that the

00:20:06.540 negotiations can move forward two years come on that's a long time to wait for

00:20:12.400 contract anyways yeah anyways I want to start walking and okay I had a couple

00:20:18.940 more questions but okay so um the the trucker convoy happened last year which

00:20:24.160 also yeah that's a totally different issue that's not a union issue those are

00:20:31.360 scary people yeah those those people also shut down pieces you know streets

00:20:37.800 and this sort of thing they were my family's in ottawa so no that's not the same thing it's not

00:20:43.980 the same animal it's uh it's they're not a union they're anyways well there were people at the

00:20:52.300 convoy because i did interview people who were there and some of them were nurses who got let

00:20:56.460 go for not getting vaccinated for example so not only were they not asking for more wages they were

00:21:01.180 just asking to get their jobs back because of mandates some of them um and you know they were

00:21:05.680 using aggressive tactics to protest uh as well uh and then the emergencies act not called on them

00:21:10.860 so uh do you think that was justified in that case i have no idea i i didn't follow that um

00:21:17.140 yeah no i don't know if that was justified or not there's an inquiry into that yeah thank you so

00:21:23.480 much for your time you're welcome cheers yeah yeah absolutely i appreciate it thank you thank you

00:21:27.800 i respect the fact that he gave me the time of day i really i really appreciate that

00:21:34.140 hey guys how's it going how are you I'm just live on YouTube right now did you

00:21:42.320 want to talk about the strike and raise awareness about why you guys are out

00:21:45.300 here okay cool if there are any PSAC captains around who do you want to speak

00:21:52.800 to media then let them know amazing thank you I don't know how long this

00:22:00.260 stream is gonna last cuz I don't have my battery pack with me so if it cuts out

00:22:03.320 I apologize. How's it going, sir? I'm live on YouTube right now. Did you want to chat with

00:22:12.980 the people of why you're striking here today? Oh yeah? Okay, great. Thank you. Hi there. Hi.

00:22:33.320 I think this woman's following me.

00:22:38.620 Hey, how's it going, sir?

00:22:40.080 Hi, I'm live on YouTube.

00:22:41.700 Did you want to chat with the people at home of why you're striking here today?

00:22:44.440 No, nobody at home.

00:22:45.400 That's okay.

00:22:46.200 Okay, great.

00:22:47.300 Cool.

00:22:51.120 Hi there.

00:22:53.920 How's it going?

00:22:57.660 Okay.

00:22:58.560 There we go.

00:22:59.480 Happy Friday.

00:23:00.200 Hi there.

00:23:01.500 I'm live on YouTube.

00:23:02.540 Did you want to chat about why you're not here today?

00:23:04.480 Yeah, that's great.

00:23:08.020 What's that?

00:23:12.400 What's that?

00:23:13.140 If we told the truth, we'd be fired.

00:23:16.600 Do you want to chat on...

00:23:18.620 No, that.

00:23:19.740 This guy just said to me, ominously,

00:23:24.020 if we told the truth, we'd be fired.

00:23:28.600 That's a pretty interesting quote.

00:23:30.660 Hi there, I'm live on YouTube right now.

00:23:32.280 did you want to chat chat about why you're striking here today let me just

00:23:48.420 get your sign here quick Canadians think we get 125 K reality under 50 K I I

00:23:55.920 heard that that's some misinformation

00:23:59.880 No, that's great. That's great. Absolutely. Absolutely. So let's just start with that.

00:24:04.920 Um, the bells are probably going to ruin the audio.

00:24:10.100 She can do what she likes. That's okay.

00:24:11.260 Okay, sure. Well, it's not going to help amplify the message.

00:24:14.480 Anyway, so what brings you out to the strike here today?

00:24:17.520 What brings me out? I feel like as most Canadians are feeling,

00:24:21.660 groceries are going up, rent is going up, gas is through the roof,

00:24:25.620 well, groceries are through the roof as well.

00:24:27.040 And I feel like there's not much happening.

00:24:28.960 There's not much being done.

00:24:30.460 I think as Canadians, we're sitting down and we're taking it.

00:24:32.540 We're thinking that this is it, you know.

00:24:34.640 We're just going to be, you know, underpaid for the rest of our lives.

00:24:38.340 And if not us, who else will?

00:24:41.340 You know, and I think that the issue is that Canadians don't realize that we're fighting for ourselves,

00:24:47.320 but we're also fighting for the rest of the country.

00:24:49.280 You know, once our wages go up, we pull everybody else up with us.

00:24:53.220 So I think that's the most important part for me.

00:24:56.580 Yeah.

00:24:56.740 Yeah.

00:24:57.140 and so when it comes to the major it's about getting a new contract it's about if i'm not

00:25:03.380 mistaken getting the rate you asked for uh 13 but they're only offering nine and there's also

00:25:09.400 something about working from home as well could you could you clarify is that about it or is that

00:25:13.480 for me i can't speak for you know the president but we've come off of the 13.5 twice i think that

00:25:21.600 we're coming in at like 10 now they don't want to budge on nine percent and what that shows is they

00:25:25.940 don't care they don't care about us they don't care about the rest of the country so that's

00:25:31.080 really unfortunate we've come down twice they need to know how to negotiate because that's not

00:25:35.600 negotiating good faith and so PSAC is being very aggressive in terms of wanting to get their

00:25:41.800 demands met they've shut down strategic ports across the country I heard I talked to someone

00:25:47.040 today they said there was something at Pearson Airport do you agree with these tactics do you

00:25:52.240 hope this is going to get you guys what you're what you're looking for i think it's like it's

00:25:55.960 little disturbances for sure but if you've been waiting over two years for a fair contract i

00:26:01.260 think this is nothing this is peanuts we're not harming anybody we are delaying processes for

00:26:07.320 sure but if you've been waiting two years for a fair contract and they don't even want to come

00:26:11.520 to the table and have proper negotiations i think that's a bigger problem here and you said something

00:26:18.140 earlier how you are hoping that a strike like this will help other it definitely will help

00:26:24.800 other people yeah i i would i would love to hear could you explain that how is uh because like if

00:26:29.520 people are like non-government workers like you're hoping there's gonna be a ripple effect or

00:26:33.260 there has been there anytime that we get a higher pay it brings the rest of canada up

00:26:38.120 maybe not till like 125 000 that people think we get but people will also get raises they're gonna

00:26:44.460 to be like okay they're getting this much that means that they deserve that much why am i only

00:26:48.680 getting paid 35k a year you know they're going to go to their employers and look to our our benchmark

00:26:54.160 and what we said and this is other unions other unions other people who aren't in unions you know

00:26:59.100 they're going to look and be like they're getting closer to what they should be getting paid because

00:27:02.980 let's be realistic we're still not getting the rate of inflation right we're asking for less

00:27:07.040 than that so we're not even asking to to be on par with with inflation we're just asking for a fair

00:27:12.500 wage so that's not i think for everybody else in the country that's a good benchmark for what they

00:27:17.540 can ask for from their employer yeah yeah and so the the average is the 50k 125k like like let's

00:27:26.260 be fair here are some people out here protesting do they get like 125k and it's just like a small

00:27:31.300 percentage of them or like where does that all our earnings are actually on camera

00:27:37.060 uh no okay i'll just get your vote thanks uh all our earnings is actually published it on the

00:27:43.780 government website for everyone to look at so it is very transparent um everyone can find out how

00:27:51.060 much we actually are earning right right so but if i were to look look it up would there be at least

00:27:57.680 some government workers who are getting 125k a year there's definitely people who get paid

00:28:01.920 that amount but they are very very high up people they're not the people that you see here are

00:28:06.320 getting paid i think the cap is 65k to 40k and a lot of people here like especially cra are getting

00:28:12.440 paid 40k i'm not from the cra but i can only imagine what they deal with especially on the

00:28:17.200 phone and 40k to be honest is not a lot after taxes that's that's peanuts if we're being real

00:28:22.340 and a lot of people are upset and of course want to get paid want to be able to afford things and

00:28:27.580 they should be able if they're working a government job you would assume that they can afford things

00:28:31.680 and a lot of canada thinks that we are getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars which is

00:28:36.280 not the truth even my what I told my mom like this is all I get paid she's like

00:28:39.780 and you what what jobs do you do like you work in the government like yes like

00:28:43.660 it's it's that serious that's the point that we're at that even government

00:28:47.380 workers can't afford anything and there's this misconception that we can

00:28:50.260 get paid hundreds of thousands dollars we have this cushy job we have all those

00:28:54.380 things it's like we still have the same problems that everyday Canadians have as

00:28:58.460 well like we can't afford things government doesn't take us seriously they

00:29:02.300 don't want to pay us a fair wage and that's unfortunate and it sucks and

00:29:05.140 That's why we're out here.

00:29:06.420 So you guys are asking for higher wages and also work from home language.

00:29:11.820 Would you be willing to compromise if they just offered the raise and not the work from home?

00:29:16.420 I can't speak on, like, I have no bargaining tool.

00:29:19.960 Like me, I'm a lonely worker.

00:29:21.160 I'll let them know.

00:29:21.980 Yeah, I'm just a lonely worker.

00:29:24.060 I'm just at the bottom.

00:29:25.040 I don't have any powers in that.

00:29:27.320 But I'm sure that I know that our bargaining team is making good progress.

00:29:31.920 And I know that they are bargaining good faith.

00:29:33.660 Because, again, they've come down twice from what was offered originally.

00:29:38.840 So they're making the little changes to what we're being asked,

00:29:44.040 but there's no movement from Mona.

00:29:47.100 And I want to talk about the shutdowns again,

00:29:49.620 because some people are saying, oh, they're shutting stuff down,

00:29:52.360 and they're relating it to the trucker convoy, believe it or not,

00:29:54.840 because the trucker convoy was very disruptive in their approach,

00:29:58.080 and they got the Emergencies Act called on them, which is very unprecedented.

00:30:01.880 Do you think the Emergencies Act was justified in that instance?

00:30:06.560 Did you follow the convoy?

00:30:08.200 Honestly, I don't think I can comment on that.

00:30:10.560 All I can say is one's unionized, one's not.

00:30:13.320 I can't make a comment on that because I don't know much about them, to be honest.

00:30:17.640 Okay.

00:30:18.000 Yeah.

00:30:19.680 Amazing.

00:30:20.400 Well, thanks for your time.

00:30:21.420 Is there anything else you wanted to say for people at home who say that you guys were being greedy or something like that?

00:30:27.680 Hi.

00:30:27.960 Hi.

00:30:28.340 How are you?

00:30:28.940 I'm good.

00:30:29.260 How are you?

00:30:29.700 I'm doing very well.

00:30:30.660 I wanted to know if I could just speak with you for a brief moment, if that's okay.

00:30:34.540 Thank you so much.

00:30:36.180 So, so, so, solidarity.

00:30:40.680 Amazing.

00:30:41.840 Amazing.

00:30:43.060 Hi there.

00:30:44.460 How are you?

00:30:45.540 How are you?

00:30:49.300 I don't know.

00:30:49.920 What are you guys thinking?

00:30:50.760 What are you guys saying?

00:31:00.660 a lot of people out here a lot of people out here they want higher wages they want to be

00:31:11.540 able to work from home thanks again for your time hello hi hi there how are you hi hello hi there

00:31:26.100 hi there hello hi hey guys i'm live on youtube you guys want to chat to the people at home

00:31:31.780 okay no problem no problem hey guys how's it going hi i'm live on youtube did you want to chat

00:31:41.600 okay okay

00:31:44.480 hey there how's it going hi hello how's it going sir he's fine

00:31:56.100 What do you want?

00:32:01.020 What do you want?

00:32:02.900 What do you want?

00:32:05.540 What do you want?

00:32:07.380 When I say contract, you said now.

00:32:10.220 Contract.

00:32:11.460 Contract now.

00:32:12.960 When I say contract, you said now.

00:32:15.760 Contract.

00:32:17.940 They want fair contracts, guys.

00:32:20.900 Fair contracts.

00:32:22.500 Hi there.

00:32:23.880 How's it going?

00:32:24.780 Hello.

00:32:26.100 hey guys how's it going hello hi everybody hi there hi how's it going i'm just uh live

00:32:38.260 on youtube did you want do you want to talk to the people while you're striking it too

00:32:41.780 okay i think you heard it okay cool hi there hi ma'am how are you okay hi there

00:32:56.100 hey how's it going hi hello hi there how's it going guys hi hi hey guys i'm just hi there

00:33:11.520 i'm just live on youtube did you guys want to some of the snubs i'm getting right now are crazy

00:33:17.740 Hey, guys.

00:33:23.760 Hey, how's it going?

00:33:27.380 Am I a leper?

00:33:28.820 Am I invisible?

00:33:30.080 Hi there.

00:33:31.760 Hi.

00:33:34.060 Hi, how's it going?

00:33:37.500 I guess that's everybody who wants to talk.

00:33:39.640 I guess we're spent.

00:33:41.060 I guess that's it.

00:33:43.720 How are you doing, sir?

00:33:44.680 okay all good cool

00:33:49.260 i may have found everyone who wants to talk all all five of them

00:33:55.040 hi how's it going i'm good i'm live on youtube right now and i'm trying to find strikers who

00:34:03.480 want to talk about why they're out here to raise awareness about what they're doing

00:34:07.180 okay cool yeah if you meet anybody that does want to talk then uh then send them my way

00:34:14.680 Awesome, thank you.

00:34:24.600 I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I, I'm not, I'm having fun, but I'm like, the vibes are creeping

00:34:30.460 me out, guys, a little bit.

00:34:36.020 It's been a while since I've been snubbed like this.

00:34:38.180 I'm having like flashbacks.

00:34:39.300 Oh, this is it.

00:34:40.080 Yeah, I remember why.

00:34:42.180 Certain campaign that I did back in the day.

00:34:44.680 hi there hi sorry to interrupt I'm just live on YouTube right now I'm talking to

00:34:52.000 some of the strikers okay great no comment hi there I'm just live on the

00:35:01.300 YouTube right now did you guys want to make any comments while you're striking

00:35:04.300 today okay apparently I might have five heads people are looking at me like I

00:35:09.340 have five heads or something good crowd people though how are you how are you two

00:35:22.240 doing I'm just live on YouTube right now and I'm talking to some people who are

00:35:27.340 out striking asking them why they're out here would you be interested in chatting

00:35:31.360 Oh, amazing. Can I take a seat next to you? Awesome. Great, so I am here with?

00:35:38.360 Jia. J-I-A. Jia. And so what brings you out to the strike today?

00:35:44.360 Well, we have been no contract for two years. So, you know, the living cost in Toronto is rocked up to

00:35:54.360 we can't afford any food you know usually I eat a chicken during my meal

00:36:01.140 right now I have to keep meals I so yeah that's right I'm out for a straight game

00:36:07.440 so I mean I don't want to ask about your specific salary it's a little invasive

00:36:13.080 but you know some people are saying oh like some some government workers have

00:36:18.360 like really high salaries do you have any idea like how vast the the salaries

00:36:22.560 are for different workers well personally I just started my career so my salary is not the higher

00:36:30.240 level right so it's around 50k a year so so it's based on the 2020 salary level yep so so I'm

00:36:41.040 expecting a higher increase for the three years for sure yeah yeah and you know living in Toronto

00:36:47.680 that's got to be that's got to be rough right that's got to be rough so uh everyone's gone

00:36:52.000 silent here uh at 11 because uh i think it's the injury worker day today so we have it's what's

00:37:04.080 right uh injury worker day injury worker day yeah it's like the day that we memorize the uh

00:37:10.560 the workers they got injured that got injured yeah vaccine injured i'm not too sure but i just heard

00:37:19.680 about that so yeah so it's done so we have to remain silent for a minute uh at 11. okay yeah

00:37:29.040 so um so so you're a new worker for uh for the government and uh it's about getting that raise

00:37:35.440 you guys asked for 13 they're only saying nine and then you guys also want more options for

00:37:39.600 working from home is that right yeah because uh right now i'm working uh for uh auto department

00:37:45.760 so uh i have to work remotely otherwise i have to move to our so uh actually a remote working

00:37:51.600 option is pretty important for me yeah yeah okay yeah so um you know the peace act is doing some

00:37:58.560 very very aggressive things that they're shutting down uh specific pieces of infrastructure you

00:38:02.800 heard about that i'm guessing yeah yeah um do you agree with those actions do you think it's

00:38:07.200 going to help you guys get what you want uh yes i do uh because uh we have to let the government

00:38:13.360 knows that what we need and we have to let them know that how important we are like we are striking

00:38:21.200 uh our service will be impacted for sure so so absolutely i think we're doing the right thing

00:38:28.720 awesome awesome um so this is this is kind of controversial but um there was a protest last

00:38:34.560 year called the trucker convoy and they were shutting down things as well and

00:38:39.060 the government actually not only did they not negotiate with any of the

00:38:43.380 protesters but they also called the emergencies act on these protesters did

00:38:48.540 you follow the trucker convoy did you think that was justified when they

00:38:52.080 called the emergencies act on those protesters well I don't think that's

00:38:57.360 right because I think what workers should have the right to striking they

00:39:02.440 should have their co-workers basic, right?

00:39:05.940 So I don't think it's right to call an emergency act on the weekend.

00:39:11.940 Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

00:39:13.940 So if they came back and said,

00:39:17.440 we'll give you your raise to 13%,

00:39:19.440 but we're not going to let you work from home,

00:39:21.940 what would you think about that?

00:39:24.940 Well, so if the union accepts that,

00:39:29.940 So, personally, I won't be happy about that, but unfortunately, I have no choice, I will accept that.

00:39:38.680 So, if my manager asks me to move to Ottawa, I probably will do.

00:39:46.520 And so, although you guys are out here striking right now, are you guys still getting paid?

00:39:52.220 Yeah.

00:39:52.700 So I received, well, I'm not sure how long we all get paid, but at least I still get my payments for the last two weeks.

00:40:03.080 Yeah, and we're getting our striking pay as well.

00:40:06.640 So although you're out striking, you are still getting paid?

00:40:08.900 Yeah.

00:40:09.440 Okay.

00:40:12.680 Is there anything else you wanted to say for people at home to raise awareness about the strike?

00:40:17.660 Yeah, don't worry too much.

00:40:19.340 like we're just hoping we get a deal really soon so it's the government that they're not moving

00:40:25.820 you know we already moved twice from 13.5 so we're getting lower but they're just sticking at nine

00:40:31.500 percent they're not like giving us any options so that's not how bargaining works so so we're just

00:40:37.420 hoping that government is doing the work um did you see that uh you know this is apparently one

00:40:42.940 of the biggest strikes of public workers in history and uh justin trudeau left the country

00:40:49.020 to go to New York. Did you hear about that? How do you feel about that?

00:40:52.200 I feel really uncomfortable, I will say, because we're asking Tudor to get involved

00:41:00.580 into this action, and we are looking for help. Absolutely, we're not happy about Tudor not

00:41:09.040 doing anything. He's going on vacation, so yeah, I'm happy about that.

00:41:15.120 and i apologize to be blunt but uh what is your background are you like korean or chinese

00:41:21.680 i came in uh so uh my background is chinese i came from canada when i was 11. so yeah

00:41:31.040 so i'm i'm not sure if you heard this news item but it's it's a very interesting news item

00:41:35.360 where essentially uh there was a whole bunch of election interviews with any media

00:41:39.840 The employer has a serious problem without talking to any media. Only authorized union representatives can talk to the media.

00:41:49.700 Do you know if there's any authorized union representatives around?

00:41:53.320 Sure, I can get one for you.

00:41:54.980 That would be great. That would be great.

00:41:57.740 Do you know how long it's going to be?

00:41:59.240 What's your name?

00:42:00.080 It's Greg.

00:42:01.000 Greg?

00:42:01.580 Yeah.

00:42:02.040 Okay.

00:42:03.020 Okay, give me one second.

00:42:06.800 Sure, sure.

00:42:08.300 Amazing.

00:42:09.840 I was just going to ask about the Chinese election interference.

00:42:13.380 Did you hear about that?

00:42:14.740 Not really.

00:42:15.740 I'm not really following the Chinese.

00:42:17.840 So, yeah.

00:42:18.420 So, essentially, there was this whole thing that there was evidence of money coming from Chinese nationals into Canadian politics.

00:42:27.380 I'm guessing you didn't hear about it.

00:42:28.300 No, I heard about that, but I don't have any personal opinion about the Chinese government movement.

00:42:33.160 Thanks a lot for your time, bro.

00:42:34.100 I appreciate it.

00:42:35.220 Thank you.

00:42:36.040 Cheers.

00:42:36.740 Thanks.

00:42:39.840 can I ask you a question okay awesome I'm just an independent citizen journalist

00:42:55.660 so it's just my youtube channel I post it on Facebook too yeah

00:42:58.420 hello hi where do you go my lovely do do do do I want to know oh I got a super

00:43:16.300 chat here so I just try to read the chat here hey guys I don't know if I don't

00:43:36.700 know if that guy's gonna be back he said he's gonna find a he says he's gonna

00:43:40.300 find a he says he's gonna find a spokesperson who can talk to me I'm not

00:43:48.620 gonna hold my breath though I'm not gonna hold my breath I'm just gonna

00:43:51.100 check the yeah okay I got 21 battery right now we have lots of people out

00:43:58.460 here they're making lots of noise it's good I hope a spokesperson shows up

00:44:07.960 that'd be really awesome this person looks friendly maybe look maybe they'll

00:44:12.520 chat with me I'm sorry I can't see that super chat guys I apologize

00:44:18.780 hi there how's it going I'm good I'm just live on the YouTube right now you

00:44:25.180 guys want to chat about taking your head okay cool thanks anyway awesome

00:44:37.960 I'm not going to say it.

00:44:39.840 I'm like, hi.

00:44:42.220 Hi there.

00:44:44.060 I'm just live on YouTube right now.

00:44:45.880 Are you guys here for the strike?

00:44:46.900 Did you want to chat to the people at home about it?

00:44:48.900 No?

00:44:49.920 How about you?

00:44:51.200 Okay, cool.

00:44:51.980 Thanks anyway.

00:44:54.660 I, um, yeah, it's good stuff.

00:45:02.460 I'm going to get some shots of this.

00:45:03.780 This is kind of cool.

00:45:07.960 I can see some people over there.

00:45:14.780 I feel like they're talking about me over there.

00:45:17.260 Maybe I'm paranoid.

00:45:18.380 I don't know.

00:45:19.560 Hopefully a spokesperson shows up because it would be great to ask them some questions

00:45:23.340 and kind of grill them.

00:45:24.280 No contract.

00:45:25.620 No contract.

00:45:27.760 Louder.

00:45:28.360 No contract.

00:45:32.620 Hi.

00:45:33.480 How's it going?

00:45:34.680 I'm good.

00:45:35.360 I'm just live on YouTube.

00:45:36.860 Open to talk to some strikers today.

00:46:04.400 Sorry, guys.

00:46:05.080 Oh, here's, I found the super chat.

00:46:09.920 Here, Greg, for some lunch in downtown Circulon, try the cricket burritos.

00:46:15.080 Thank you, Zesty.

00:46:16.520 Thank you, Zesty Mordant, for the cricket burrito money.

00:46:21.560 I appreciate it.

00:46:23.400 Oh, man.

00:46:25.640 All right.

00:46:29.960 Getting some honks over here.

00:46:31.820 Good stuff.

00:46:32.640 Good stuff.

00:46:33.140 all right here's somebody in an orange an orange thing hi there how are you are

00:46:39.920 you a spokesperson okay they're good at what they do folks they're good at what

00:46:49.400 they do they're good at this protest stuff they got organizers they got

00:46:53.420 people with vests you listen to the people in the vests hi how are you good

00:46:59.460 good good stuff good stuff hi everyone hi hi there hello hi there how are you I'm

00:47:25.260 I'm live on YouTube right now, hoping to talk to some strikers.

00:47:29.100 Okay, cool.

00:47:30.840 Hi, how's it going?

00:47:32.640 How's it going?

00:47:33.400 Good, yourself?

00:47:34.100 I'm good. I'm live on the YouTube right now.

00:47:36.380 And I'm talking to some people who are striking.

00:47:39.380 Hi, we told you that we have media people that you can speak with.

00:47:42.740 Okay.

00:47:43.940 Okay, I'll just sit tight then.

00:47:45.860 Okay, amazing.

00:47:49.380 Do you think the media person's coming?

00:47:50.980 y's in chat if you think the media person is coming and in chat if you think they're not coming

00:47:58.720 i'm not going to hold my breath but i'm going to go back to the corner get some shots

00:48:20.980 I will bounce for that.

00:48:50.980 they do really know how to pump up their numbers and make it look big I gotta say

00:49:20.980 Hi there sir I love your sign I love your sign oh I'm just live on YouTube

00:49:37.500 right now I'd love to I'd love to capture your sign that's fine can I just show the

00:49:44.200 I just want to look at the sign, that's all.

00:49:51.200 Cool, I appreciate it.

00:49:52.200 Don't worry, I didn't get your face.

00:49:57.200 Hi, how are you, sir?

00:50:02.200 I'm just live on YouTube.

00:50:04.200 I'm looking for a spokesperson or somebody to talk for PSAC.

00:50:07.200 Not necessarily me.

00:50:08.200 Okay, great.

00:50:09.200 I don't want to be me but there's a lot of like a lot of them have some very

00:50:22.760 similar energy here you know I'm gonna be nice I'm gonna be nice I'm gonna go

00:50:31.400 down this way I haven't explored this way yet

00:50:34.900 Yeah, I'm going to go down this way.

00:51:04.900 you're so bored so i'm live on youtube right now did you want to chat uh no

00:51:31.500 okay what's that that person just said I'm the Ron Swanson I said you want to

00:51:48.000 chat he's like whatever I say will definitely get me fired I'm the Ron

00:51:51.880 i have mad respect for that guy that is so funny uh hi how are you uh i'm just uh live on the

00:52:02.760 youtube right now did you want to chat about what brings you out here today okay sure so i'm here

00:52:08.320 with mario mario and what brings you out uh today to this event well uh we haven't had a contract

00:52:15.620 in almost two years I don't know of any other union that would stand for that we

00:52:22.560 decided you know enough is enough treat us fairly

Greg Wycliffe - April 28, 2023

Talking to PSAC Protesters LIVE in Toronto

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