This OC Transpo mess just won’t go away: after John Baird proposed to lift the exemption on Canada labour safety laws</a> on OC Transpo, Ottawa’s public transit, effectively limiting the maximum number of hours a driver can drive in one shift to 14, all the drivers are coming out of the woodwork today and yesterday complaining that this is unfair: you sure can drive for 16 hours straight. No problem. We’re a little bit sleepy, but that’s OK. We gotta make that overtime! Overtime! Two times and a half! Overtime! Uhmmm… 16 hours shifts… wasn’t the strike all about “quality of life”, and “drivers deserve to spend some time with their families”? How do 16 hour shifts fit in with that? Do you want time with your family, or do you want 16 hours shifts: 8 hours regular pay, and 20 hours of overtime pay?

Seems like quality of life = money, not family.