CANADIAN LABOUR-LANARK COUNTY ONTARIO:

LANARK COUNTY COMMUNITY LIVING WORKERS NOW ON STRIKE:

The following news item and appeal for solidarity is from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Molly has previously blogged about the bargaining situation of these workers, and now they are on strike, and they need your further solidarity.

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Support ACL workers on strike in Lanark County:
90 frontline workers at Community Living Association Lanark County are on strike for a fair contract.

Our employer pushed us into a strike by refusing to offer us a fair deal that includes a pension plan that’s available to other Association for Community Living (ACL) workers across Ontario.
In addition to saying no to every no-cost proposal that we tabled to start a pension plan, management demanded concessions from frontline workers.

We had no choice but to go on strike.

We help people with intellectual disabilities. Unfortunately, they are the ones that will hurt the most from this strike.

Please help us in our struggle to seek a fair contract by sending a message to our employer and tell them – Fairness. It’s not a lot to ask for.

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THE LETTER:

Please go to THIS LINK to send the following letter to the bosses at Lanark County.

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Why are you not respecting your workers’ wishes to have a pension plan that’s available to other ACL workers in the province?

Refusing every no-cost proposal for a pension plan has pushed your workers to the picket line. This will hurt the very people that you are mandated to help.

It’s time for you to show true leadership and respect your workers by offering them a fair contract with a pension plan that will end this strike.