More than 15,000 residential construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area and other parts of Ontario are on strike over compensation and workers’ rights.
“LiUNA Local 183 members were deemed essential throughout the pandemic and continue to serve in one of the GTA’s fastest growing construction sectors,” said LiUNA 183 business manager Jack Oliveira in the press release. “Our members are at the frontlines of the region’s growth and deserve fair pay and benefits for their work and service to the community.”
There are around 30 such agreements in the residential construction sector alone, said Richard Lyall, president of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario , which represents residential builders. He said rising inflation has led to increased pressure to raise wages in the construction industry. Between that and the other issues facing the industry, such as supply chain problems and the ongoing pandemic, Lyall said this has been a particularly difficult round of bargaining, but some units have already settled.
No wonder it was so quiet in the cityoftoronto today. ☮️
On Sunday, workers covered by the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 183 went on strike, a move that could affect the construction of highrise and low-rise homes in the GTA.
Kind of funny the BOC is under pressure to ⬆️interest rates to hopefully slow down inflation but it’s likely to affect the rapidly rising new home prices and with workers on strike for higher wages this will likely increase the price of homes both lowering sales causing layoffs
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