About 250 Unifor members on strike against Windsor Salt are calling on Premier Doug For to intervene.
They say the American owner, Stone Canyon, is unfairly demanding the union accept the contracting out of union work before negotiating any financial matters.
“This is not how we do business or negotiate contracts in Ontario,” said Lana Payne, Unifor National President in a letter.
“Ontarians respect the collective bargaining process as a fundamental part of workers’ rights, and we do not use the threat of stonewalling as a bargaining tactic to force unacceptable concessions onto our negotiation counterparts before the conversation has even started.”
Payne is calling on the government to reach out to Windsor Salt’s owners to end the dispute and come to the bargaining table.
The strike began Feb. 17.
