{"id":224444,"date":"2022-08-02T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=224444"},"modified":"2022-08-03T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:18:58","slug":"striking-ontario-casino-worker-hit-by-car-in-attack-by-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/striking-ontario-casino-worker-hit-by-car-in-attack-by-customer\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking Ontario Casino Worker Hit by Car in \u2018Deliberate\u2019 Attack by Impatient Customer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A casino worker protesting outside Casino Woodbine in Etobicoke, Toronto, was hit by a car on the picket line on Sunday night. The union claims the action was deliberate.<\/p>\n

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Casino Woodbine, above, where the alleged attack took place on Sunday. The victim was treated for a contusion and broken ankle in a local hospital. (Image: The Globe and Mail<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A spokesman for Unifor, which organized the picket line, said the unnamed worker was taken to a local hospital to be treated for a broken ankle and a contusion that required stitches. He has since been released and is recovering at home.<\/p>\n

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The union claimed that contract security officials employed by Casino Woodbine initially refused to turn a video of the \u201cvehicular assault\u201d over to police. The driver of the car is believed to be an impatient customer who was permitted to stay inside the casino for several hours after the incident, according to Unifor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cPicket lines remain dangerous places for workers, and this is another example of that,\u201d said Unifor in its statement. \u201cOver the years, many Unifor members have been injured on picket lines in a similar fashion. This must end\u2014workers have a right to be safe at work and a right to free expression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Equal Pay<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unifor has been at loggerheads with Great Canadian Gaming<\/a>, which owns Casino Woodbine, over wages, benefits, pensions, and too many part-time positions.<\/p>\n

On July 18, the union issued a strike mandate, warning that 1,830 workers at eight Great Canadian Gaming casinos would walk off the job at 12.01 a.m. the following Saturday if a deal couldn\u2019t be reached.<\/p>\n

After tentative deals were reached, the strike was called off at six out of the eight casinos, including Casino Woodbine. But it went ahead at Pickering Casino Resort and Casino Ajax, where negotiations continued over pay.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workers in Canada<\/a> can picket other sites owned by an employer with whom the union is in dispute. Despite the tentative resolution that made the picket line at Casino Woodbine legal. Strikes began July 23 and continued last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur members, workers at Pickering Casino and their other properties, are fighting for equality with workers at other casinos,\u201d Lana Payne, Unifor\u2019s national secretary-treasurer, told Durham Radio News<\/em> on July 29. \u201cThey are looking for fairness, and Unifor is with them in this struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Union: \u2018Be Patient\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unifor called on Great Canadian Gaming to condemn the employee’s attack and encourage customers to \u201cbe patient\u201d during the strikes.<\/p>\n

Workers in Canada have the legal right to picket as a peaceful method of raising awareness of their workplace dispute,\u201d<\/strong> said the union. \u201cCourts have repeatedly upheld this right.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great Canadian Gaming was acquired by US private equity giant Apollo Global Management last year in a $3.3 billion deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A casino worker protesting outside Casino Woodbine in Etobicoke, Toronto, was hit by a car on the picket line on Sunday night. The union claims the action was deliberate. 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