FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September
26, 2005
Student workers
ratify contract at Ambassador Bridge Duty Free Store
WINDSOR – Student workers at
the Ambassador Bridge Duty Free Store have ratified a new
collective agreement, ending a three-week strike.
The contract includes a
12-month contract extension for all employees, an immediate
wage increase of between eight and 14 per cent, and a signing
bonus of $1,000 for each eligible union member.
Under the deal, current and
future employees will also receive a voucher worth $250 at the
University of Windsor bookstore after completing six months of
employment. All of the store’s unionized employees are
full-time students at the University.
“These 45 students took on a
mammoth U.S. corporation and forced it to negotiate a fair
contract,” said Leah Casselman, president of the Ontario
Public Service Employees Union. “When we started, the employer
was demanding a wage freeze until 2010.
“The gains these students have
won will benefit not only themselves, but all other U of W
students who work at the Duty Free Store in the future.”
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For more information: David
Loney, OPSEU Negotiator, (647) 285-7763 (cell)
