Strike action at casinos is nothing new in North America. President of Unifor Local 1090 Corey Dalton spoke in the news release about how good benefits and wages for workers “translates directly into job satisfaction and that’s good for business.” Strike action is not uncommon Unifor Local 1090 is the branch that represents the majority of the Great Canadian Gaming workers. It has been owned by Apollo Asset Management since September 2021.

Great Canadian Gaming Corporation owns 25 properties covering four provinces. There are also demands to turn certain casual or part-time roles into full-time positions. The main priorities in the negotiations are benefits, wages, and pensions.

The workers who are potentially going on strike cover a wide range of different roles at the casinos, including people who work at slots, table games, cashiering, housekeeping, kitchen, food, beverage, and maintenance. The casino properties that will be impacted if the strike proceeds include the Shorelines Casino Peterborough, Shorelines Casino Thousand Islands, Casino Woodbine, Pickering Casino Resort, Casino Ajax, and the Great Blue Heron Casino. Unifor national secretary-treasurer Lana Payne spoke about how casinos have bounced back strongly from pandemic-related issues and that the union’s goal “at the bargaining table is to share some of those gains with the workers who make casinos successful.” Share some of those gains with the workers who make casinos successful” They are employed at eight separate Great Canadian Gaming Corporation properties. Unifor, the biggest Canadian private sector union, said in a news release that there 1,830 casino workers are part of the strike mandate. Workers at eight casinos in Ontario are getting ready to strike if there is no new agreement reached by midnight on Friday.

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