Elevator Companies Show Profit True Motive Behind Labour Dispute
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"The National Elevator and Escalator Association's (NEEA) decision to apply a little used section of the Ontario Labour Code to return a select few elevator constructors back to work speaks volumes about the lack of sincerity of trying to get a negotiated settlement," said Ben McIntyre, chair of the negotiating committee for Locals 50 (Toronto), 90 (Hamilton) and 96 (Ottawa) of the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC).
"Our members are ready to return to work but our employers find it more profitable to keep three quarters of our members out while allowing a select few to work," McIntyre said today at a press conference held in Toronto.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) decision to order some members the IUEC back to work will only benefit the Greater Toronto Area's condominium construction industry, leaving the rest of the Ontario's hospitals, apartments and nursing homes with little or no regular maintenance and service.
"The elevating companies are putting profits ahead of hard working Ontarians by forcing back workers in the lucrative Toronto condo construction sector while ignoring the rest of the province," points out McIntyre. "Instead of agreeing to arbitration that would allow workers back, the elevating companies chose only one small sector that is among the most highly profitable part of their business, thereby revealing their true motives."
The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) decision to order some members the IUEC back to work will only benefit the Greater Toronto Area's condominium construction industry, leaving the rest of the Ontario's hospitals, apartments and nursing homes with little or no regular maintenance and service.
"The elevating companies are putting profits ahead of hard working Ontarians by forcing back workers in the lucrative Toronto condo construction sector while ignoring the rest of the province," points out McIntyre. "Instead of agreeing to arbitration that would allow workers back, the elevating companies chose only one small sector that is among the most highly profitable part of their business, thereby revealing their true motives."
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