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Ornge paramedics reject contract, vote to strike Written by Ryan Forbes Wednesday, May 05 2021, 4:59 AM Ornge staff with Unifor rejected a recent tentative agreement with Ontario, and have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike, if necessary. Photo courtesy of Ornge.
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About 200 paramedics with Ornge land and air ambulance services have voted 94 percent in favour of a strike if necessary, ahead of collective bargaining negotiations with Ontario.
On Sunday during a virtual conference, Unifor’s National President Jerry Dias demanded that Premier Doug Ford remove a wage cap imposed by the province in 2019, to allow Ornge and Unifor staff to negotiate fairly with Ontario. He noted they’ve rejected their most recent offer from the province.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 30, 2021 2:00am Ontario Premier Ford (left) greets Prime Minister Trudeau at Queen s Park in Toronto on July 5, 2018. (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star)
Passage writer Robert Hiltzsees it as a “labour of love for the federal Liberals.”
The Trudeau government is “showing its hand: It’s here for them, not you,” he concludes.
“The feds are quite transparently taking the side of the port. In none of their statements do they talk about what has precipitated the strike; it’s all about the effect on all Canadians. And, uh, also, other ports are getting business instead of Montreal.”
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TORONTO, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Ontario’s new
Worker Income Protection Benefit is a bare minimum response to the longstanding call for paid sick days from labour advocates, unions, public health officials, and medical experts. The temporary benefit, administered through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), will provide a maximum of three days paid sick leave and is only available until September 25, 2021.
“The hard work of labour advocates, unions, public health officials, and medical experts has forced this government’s hand to step up and provide a provincial paid sick days program, but this is simply not good enough,” said Patty Coates, Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President. “We have been part of the call for permanent, adequate, employer-provided, and universal paid sick days, since long before this pandemic. Our calls have gained traction and broad public support across the political spectrum. The