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Casino Strikers Give Unanimous Support for their CAW Bargaining Committee



June 28, 2008, 9:22 a.m. EST

CAW members at OLG in Brantford and Woodbine voted unanimously in support of their bargaining committee in their efforts to reach a fair and equitable agreement with the company.

Meetings were held on June 26 in Brantford, where over 600 people attended and in Toronto where 80 Woodbine security officers attended and voted unanimously to continue supporting their bargaining committee.

In Sudbury, 70 CAW members voted unanimously in support of the bargaining committee at a meeting held on June 27th.

900 CAW members have been on strike at the three OLG locations since June 1. During the meetings, the CAW provided members with a copy of the employer’s most recent proposal, which was “soundly rejected”, said Hemi Mitic, Assistant to CAW National President Buzz Hargrove.

“The message from the membership is loud and clear to OLG management: They must bargain a fair agreement,” Mitic said.

OLG is a crown corporation which generates over $6.5 billion of revenue each year, and is demanding major concessions from workers and the conversion of full-time jobs into part-time employment.

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