It's going to be interesting seeing what happens when the nominally social democratic Mayor of Toronto, David Miller, has to negotiate new contracts with many of the City Labour Unions that supported him in the elections.

The below article suggests that it may be a bumpy road this year due to the city's budget crisis, but I think that the other unmentioned option is that despite the union leaders' tough talk is that in the end they will work will Miller to sell concession laden contracts to the workers.

City prepares to weather labour strife

The real question is, will rank and file workers buy it or pose a serious challenge to both the City bosses and their own union bureaucrats?