TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Feb. 2, 2017) - Cafeteria workers working for Aramark at York University will stage a one-day strike today, Thursday, February 2nd, as they escalate their fight for a living wage. These workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 75, have been bargaining a new collective agreement for several months.
As the provincial government considers a number of measures to address so-called precarious work – low-wage jobs with little job security – members of the York University community are calling on the school to make a commitment to good jobs, so no worker on campus makes below a living wage.
The one-day strike at York comes just two days after Aramark cafeteria workers at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus – also members of UNITE HERE Local 75 – held a similar action. An open-ended strike is looming at both schools.
The majority of the Aramark workers at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus earn only $11.50 an hour, and York University it's not much better, and the majority make $12.21 an hour.
| What: Joined by student supporters and other allies, cafeteria workers at York University will stage a one-day strike on Thursday, February 2nd. These workers are demanding a living wage. | |
| When: All day on Thursday, February 2nd | |
| Where: York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto |
Contact Information:
647-408-5428
mhollin@unitehere.org