From Justice for Workers:
Worker wins include:
- Converting 1000 casual workers to permanent part-time positions.
- Easier access to health benefits for casual part-time employees.
- Wage increases of 8 percent over three years, and an additional 7.8 per cent for the lowest-paid workers.
- Safeguarding public revenues with no LCBO retail stores closing due to the marketplace expansion of alcohol
“Ontarians are more aware than ever that Ford’s plan isn’t for them, it’s for big box CEOs,” said JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO, the union representing LCBO workers. “We have no doubt that Ford’s webs of corporate buddies and corrupt backroom deals will continue to be exposed.”