And got caught :biggrin2:
TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford and Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti sent out a “wake-up call” to city workers Wednesday.
Mammoliti released a photo Wednesday of what he claims was a CUPE Local 79 employee “sleeping on the job” at the Carmine Stefano Community Centre in his ward and alleged workers are nodding off across the city.
Local 79 fired back that the whole incident was a Mammoliti “media stunt” and that the union assumes the employee was on his break until it is proven otherwise.
City of Toronto officials confirmed they are reviewing the situation and will take “the appropriate action.”
Just a few hours after Mammoliti released the photo and a press release warning city staff to “wake up,” Ford came out slamming the apparently sleeping employee.
“If we have someone that is literally sleeping at their desk ... we cannot tolerate this,” Ford said.
He’s asked city staff to investigate and has demanded that the employee and his supervisor be dismissed if he was in fact sleeping, Ford said.
“That’s a complete embarrassment and a black eye on our city,” he said.
The mayor acknowledged the employee may have been on break or sick.
“I don’t want to hear these excuses,” Ford said. “I want people to show up to work and do their job. If they can’t do their job there are thousands of other people that are willing and able to do their job.”
Although he didn’t identify the employee by name, Mammoliti said he works in the weight room at the community centre and his job is to ensure everyone is using the weights properly.
At the community centre where the photo was snapped, a man wearing a dark hoodie similar to the one in the photo initially denied it was him in the photo but when asked again denied he was sleeping.
“Clearly, I’m looking for something on the floor,” said the man who would not give his full name.
“Your perception is of someone sleeping. Mine is (of someone) looking for something on the floor.”
The employee then told another city employee he was being harassed and asked that the reporter be asked to leave. That other city employee also refused to give his name and directed all questions to the city’s media relations department.
“This isn’t an isolated incident, there are cases all over the city where staff people feel they can just sleep on the job, put their head (down) on the job and not worry about the repercussions,” Mammoliti said.
Local 79 president Tim Maguire called the release of the photo a “media stunt.”
“Our assumption until further information is that this employee was on a mid-morning break,” Maguire said. “Of course the optics look bad that is why it is a media stunt to distract.”
The union leader pointed out the city has a policy against taking photos inside community centres which Mammoliti or his staff broke by taking the photo.
“If someone is on their break they shouldn’t be fearful of very powerful people using them as an example to distract from service cuts,” Maguire said.
He dismissed Mammoliti’s claim workers were snoozing across the city.
“There is not a culture of people sleeping on the job at community centres,” Maguire said.
https://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/16/mammoliti-releases-photo-of-alleged-snoozing-city-worker
TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford and Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti sent out a “wake-up call” to city workers Wednesday.
Mammoliti released a photo Wednesday of what he claims was a CUPE Local 79 employee “sleeping on the job” at the Carmine Stefano Community Centre in his ward and alleged workers are nodding off across the city.
Local 79 fired back that the whole incident was a Mammoliti “media stunt” and that the union assumes the employee was on his break until it is proven otherwise.
City of Toronto officials confirmed they are reviewing the situation and will take “the appropriate action.”
Just a few hours after Mammoliti released the photo and a press release warning city staff to “wake up,” Ford came out slamming the apparently sleeping employee.
“If we have someone that is literally sleeping at their desk ... we cannot tolerate this,” Ford said.
He’s asked city staff to investigate and has demanded that the employee and his supervisor be dismissed if he was in fact sleeping, Ford said.
“That’s a complete embarrassment and a black eye on our city,” he said.
The mayor acknowledged the employee may have been on break or sick.
“I don’t want to hear these excuses,” Ford said. “I want people to show up to work and do their job. If they can’t do their job there are thousands of other people that are willing and able to do their job.”
Although he didn’t identify the employee by name, Mammoliti said he works in the weight room at the community centre and his job is to ensure everyone is using the weights properly.
At the community centre where the photo was snapped, a man wearing a dark hoodie similar to the one in the photo initially denied it was him in the photo but when asked again denied he was sleeping.
“Clearly, I’m looking for something on the floor,” said the man who would not give his full name.
“Your perception is of someone sleeping. Mine is (of someone) looking for something on the floor.”
The employee then told another city employee he was being harassed and asked that the reporter be asked to leave. That other city employee also refused to give his name and directed all questions to the city’s media relations department.
“This isn’t an isolated incident, there are cases all over the city where staff people feel they can just sleep on the job, put their head (down) on the job and not worry about the repercussions,” Mammoliti said.
Local 79 president Tim Maguire called the release of the photo a “media stunt.”
“Our assumption until further information is that this employee was on a mid-morning break,” Maguire said. “Of course the optics look bad that is why it is a media stunt to distract.”
The union leader pointed out the city has a policy against taking photos inside community centres which Mammoliti or his staff broke by taking the photo.
“If someone is on their break they shouldn’t be fearful of very powerful people using them as an example to distract from service cuts,” Maguire said.
He dismissed Mammoliti’s claim workers were snoozing across the city.
“There is not a culture of people sleeping on the job at community centres,” Maguire said.
https://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/16/mammoliti-releases-photo-of-alleged-snoozing-city-worker
