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Citing a $2-million-plus funding gap the City of Windsor can’t afford, Mayor Drew Dilkens is expressing frustration and threatening to close the COVID isolation and recovery centre that Windsor runs for temporary foreign workers.
The city took on the task of taking care of COVID-infected workers from agricultural operations in Kingsville and Leamington in November. The quarantine facility was established at a city motel, with city staff on-site daily, the Canadian Red Cross providing the care for infected workers and Public Safety Canada footing the bill from the Red Cross.
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Author of the article: Julie Kotsis • Windsor Star
Publishing date: Feb 19, 2021 • February 19, 2021 • 3 minute read • Blockade comes down. Unifor Local 195 president Emile Nabbout is shown at JD Norman Industries at 6845 Hawthorne Drive on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The Illinois-based company has declared bankruptcy in Canada but Unifor fought successfully for a financial settlement for the workers. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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The union representing locked-out workers at JD Norman Industries has ended its 15-day blockade of the plant after an agreement was struck to pay a portion of the wages and benefits workers are owed.
Unifor Local 195 president Emile Nabbout said immediately after JD Norman’s U.S. owners filed for bankruptcy last week in Canada, the union went to court to fight for the 62 workers’ entitlements to everything from severance pay to pension/RRSP contributions.