best theratronics workers remain on strike after 222 days at their march road building. the union says they can’t even get the owner to the bargaining table and many of the workers have had to leave the picket line to take new jobs to support their families.
julie oliver
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meanwhile, of the 44 unifor and psac workers on active picket line duty at the beginning of the strike, 18 remain, malek said.
the contract expired in march 2023. the company tabled its first and only wage offer in january, offering zero increases and $25 for new safety glasses, she said.
“the longer this goes on, the likelihood increases that there will be no workers. and then there’s no union.”
psac has sought interventions from a conciliator and mediator and has filed ongoing complaints to the labour board, said jade conrad, a spokesperson for psac, which represents 12 design specialists, technicians and production planners and controllers.
“each time, we have been met with the same answer: the employer has not given his representatives a mandate to bargain with the unions,” conrad said.
“a self-proclaimed billionaire, krishnan (suthanthiran) is more focused on his image than he is in ensuring life-saving medical devices are delivered to the clients that need them.”
best theratronics workers remain on strike after 222 days at their march road building.
julie oliver
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postmedia
the collective agreement expired in march 2023. in an email to employees sent last may, suthanthiran said nordion was about to shut down the division when he bought it and he had invested nearly $100 million u.s. in facilities and improvements, new machine tools and new product developments.