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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
November 22, 2023 09:00AM

Thank you to my colleague for the question.

The three points you brought up would make a huge difference, because my experience, when I was—a lot of people can’t defend themselves. They were coming to me and saying, “Guy, we’re happy you’re here”—or, “We’re happy our union is here,” because it wasn’t about me; it was about the committee and all the work they did. They said, “I can’t defend myself, and I don’t have to go and beg for an increase in my wages.” If they don’t have a union, everybody is paid differently, and nobody knows. We’ve seen this with truckers. That’s why when we represented truckers, they were happy, because they knew that everybody was getting the same rate—they knew they were getting the same thing for a volume table. So there is a standard that is set that will improve workers’ rights.

So union certification—and when you think about that, we used to have it: automatic cert, when you had 51%. This Conservative government took it away. Why? It doesn’t make sense. Your signature is—

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