Canadian Niagara Hotels is doubling-down and suggesting in their latest statement that women who bravely stepped forward made “false allegations” about their experiences of mishandled workplace sexual assaults.

The employer’s sunny version of events is incompatible with the real experiences of the women who suffered these workplace assaults. These awful incidents were followed by a grossly negligent response from their employer. Now they are adding insult to injury by saying these women are making things up.  

Rainforest Cafe workers are on strike for a fair contract. They want respect, fair wages, and no tolerance for sexual assault at work.

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On Saturday, April 6 members of Workers United Local 2347 at the Rainforest Cafe in Niagara Falls voted down a final offer contract and decided to strike. Local 2347 includes 95 restaurant servers, bussers and hostesses with the popular restaurant located at 4915 Clifton Hill.

Rainforest Cafe workers have been seeking a contract with their employer for over a year. The predominantly female workforce voted by 85% to form a union in March of 2018. Following the minimum wage increase in January of 2018, this employer started clawing back their employees’ tips and workers responded by deciding to form a union.

“Even after our overwhelming vote to form a union, this employer refused to clean up their act. First they demanded another vote, and when that didn’t work, they tried to stall the bargaining process and target employees they perceived as union leaders,” says Mike Ward, a union representative with Workers United Canada.

Welcome to the newest members of Workers United family: Polycultural Immigrant & Community Services in Toronto & Mississauga. 

On August 29, workers at Polycultural in Mississauga voted to unionize with Workers United, joining hundreds of social service workers from agencies such as CICS, WoodGreen Community Services, Delta Family Resources Centre, Red Door Family Shelter, Nellie's, and Toronto CRC.

On October 12, Polycultural workers at five locations in Toronto joined with their recently unionized colleagues in Mississauga.

Congratulations to the workers at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott and the Tim Hortons on Graham Street in Winnipeg on unionizing. Welcome to Workers United!

The Tim Hortons workers on Graham Street are the third group of Tims workers to unionize in Winnipeg, joining the Lombard Avenue and Portage Avenue locations. 

GoodLife Personal Trainers in Peterborough have joined Toronto and Ajax in voting for a union! This is an important first step in ensuring fairness and better working condition for GoodLife workers.

We encourage other Fitness Professionals who are also interested in making GoodLife a better place to work to consider signing a union card or talking to one of our Union Organizers. Please contact us to get involved.

Workers United is happy to announce that 29 Personal Trainers at GoodLife Fitness centres in Ajax, Ontario have voted to join Workers United!

In addition, 29 workers at KFC/Taco Bell in Winnipeg, located at 3651 Portage Ave have also voted to be represented by Workers United. You can read our full press release on the KFC victory here.

Welcome to our new members and we look forward to working with you!

The lockout at Hematite in Guelph is now over as Local 2508 members ratified a new contract this morning. The vote was 49 for and 11 against. The company backed off on some of the key issues the union pushed back on, such as around rotating shifts, wages, and vacation time. Thank you to all community members and other unions who came out to the line to support and show solidarity to our members!