Following the recent rally to Queen’s Park by locked-out workers from OLG Rideau Carleton Raceway, the employer has agreed to come back to the bargaining table.
Since the event at Queen’s Park, the union has learned that a return to the bargaining table with a conciliator is scheduled for March 30, 2016.
Doug Marshall, president of the Union of National Employees, is cautiously optimistic about the next meeting between the union and the OLG.
“Let’s hope that, unlike last time, the employer comes to the table with a mandate to settle and not to repeat the same ultimatum that it has made since December 16th,” said Marshall. “We are hopeful that the increased involvement of the Ministry of Labour for Ontario signals an improved chance of reaching a collective agreement. It is time that the OLG end the lockout and reach a fair settlement so that these hard-working employees can return to work.”
The workers were locked out on December 16th, 2016 and have been left out in the cold for over thirteen weeks.