UFCW Ontario Provincial Council urges province to support workers during COVID-19

UFCW Canada Ontario Provincial Council’s submission to the Ontario government

 

Submission by the UFCW Canada Ontario Provincial Council to the Ontario Ministry of Finance

Toronto – October 20, 2020 – The UFCW Canada Ontario Provincial Council recently made a submission to the Government of Ontario putting forward our union’s recommendations for the province’s fall 2020 budget.

As the collective voice of UFCW Local Unions in Ontario, the UFCW Canada Ontario Provincial Council represents over 130,000 union members from eight Local Unions across the province working in most sectors of the economy.

The submission recommends actions that would affect UFCW members in all industries and calls for proper personal protective equipment (PPE), regular COVID-19 testing, relief for the travel and tourism sectors, presumptive Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage, as well as the following:

“The UFCW Canada Ontario Provincial Council will continue to fight for members across this province to ensure that the government and employers take concrete actions to protect the health and safety and economic wellbeing of all workers,” says Shawn Haggerty, President of the UFCW Canada Provincial Council.

To learn more about the Council’s submission to the Ontario government, click here.

To read the full submission, click here.