Janitors and Supporters to Rally Today, Numerous Legal Complaints Filed
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - October 29, 2015) - Mila Viernes is a single mom who needs to work two jobs to make ends meet. Now she's out of one of those jobs.
"I do not make enough money with one job to pay my mortgage, utilities, groceries, and car expenses," said Viernes. "That is why I work overtime and two jobs to get by."
"It upsets me that they did not retain us," she said. "I have been cleaning there for nine years."
Numerous legal complaints were filed last week against companies contracted by Dream Office REIT to provide cleaning services at 330, 350, 357, 360 and 366 Bay Street, 80 and 67 Richmond Street, 56 Temperance Street.
WHAT: Rally for Justice
WHEN: Thursday October 29th @ 12 PM
WHERE: 330 Bay St., Toronto
The allegations include:
SEIU Local 2, the union helping the workers organize, believes that Dream has a responsibility to ensure that the companies it contracts to maintain its properties comply with the law. The workers are seeking reinstatement, the wages they are owed and their desire to be unionized respected.
SEIU faxed a letter to Sharon Mitchell, President of Property Management for DREAM Office REIT last week, outlining the workers' concerns and asking Dream to intervene in order to rectify the situation. The letter has gone unanswered.
The Service Employees International Union is the largest and fastest growing union in North America, with 100,000 workers in Canada and two million workers across Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico.
Contact Information:
CONTACT:
Diego Mendez
416-476-7762