The union Uniforms and equipment the judge “scandalous” cuts at Tim Hortons

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Saturday, January 6, 2018 05:11

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The decision of Tim Hortons and other businesses in Ontario to cut benefits and paid breaks under the pretext that the minimum wage is increased to $ 14 an hour by 2018 “is a tactic of intimidation on the part of business owners”, according to the union Uniforms.

“The increase in the minimum wage, which applies since 1st January last is expected since a long time and it is very well deserved. It is simply outrageous that the owners of successful companies use this situation as a pretext to satisfy their own greed,” said Jerry Dias, president of the union Uniforms, in a press release Friday evening.

This reaction occurs while the people are angry since a few days against the children of the two co-founders of Tim Hortons, Ron Joyce Jr. and Jeri-Lynn Horton-Joyce. They sent in the beginning of the week a letter to the employees of their franchise for the town of Cobourg, east of Toronto, to inform them that they would lose, among other things, their breaks, paid because of the increase in the minimum wage.

Employees of many other franchises in Ontario have also reported cuts similar, and a wave of protest of Tim Hortons has taken shape on the social networks.

“We can’t continue to have an economy based on wages at the threshold of poverty for the workers. At the time the general managers receiving wage records of several million dollars, it is not unreasonable to request that the workers have a right to a decent standard of living – and that starts with the increase in the minimum wage,” added Mr. Dias.

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