Niagara Parks Commission employees to protest loss of
local jobs
NIAGARA FALLS – Employees of the Niagara Parks
Commission will hold an information picket on Monday to
protest an employer position that would replace local
employees with out-of-area contractors.
DATE: Monday, December
4, 2006
TIME: 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.
PLACE: 5881 Dunn Street (Corner of
Dorchester and Dunn), Niagara Falls
Employees at the Commission want to inform the public of
a situation that could severely reduce or eliminate the
chances of local residents being able to get jobs with
one of Niagara Falls’ biggest employers.
“The
Commission wants to use outside help to run Niagara’s
parks and tourist attractions,” says Colin MacKenzie,
chair of the bargaining team negotiating with the
Commission. “They want to hire contractors from outside
Niagara Falls to do this work as cheap as possible.”
MacKenzie said that all other items at the bargaining
table have been settled with the exception of the
contracting out issue. On this issue alone, employees
have given the bargaining team a 93 per cent strike
mandate.
“We’re
talking about our future, and the future of the young
people living in this area,” MacKenzie said. “We want
good, decent-paying jobs available to the people in
Niagara Falls. That shouldn’t be too much to ask for,
and it’s what the people of this area deserve.”
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For further information:
Colin MacKenzie (905) 374-8756
Mark Kotanen, OPSEU Staff
Representative (647) 229-0376
