‘Scab' workers brought to downtown Windsor hotel on second day of Unifor strike
Workers strike in front of Windsor's Best Western Plus hotel on Riverside Drive West in Windsor, Ont. on June 3, 2025. (Michelle Maluske/CTV News Windsor)
Replacement workers went to the Best Western Plus hotel on Monday, according to company and union officials, leading to Windsor police being called to the picket line.
'They (workers) were not happy and excited to see somebody blatantly crossing the picket line,' Unifor Local 195 President Emile Nabbout told CTV News Tuesday.
'They were asking those who scab to refrain from entering the facility.'
Nabbout did not have further details but said an 'altercation' occurred.
Tyler McDiarmid, a spokesperson for Ironwood Management Corp., is alleging an assault occurred, but Windsor police will only say they are investigating.
Ironwood operates the Best Western Plus for Farhi Holdings Corp.
It's a tense start to a strike that only started on Sunday morning, to back contract demands for 40 people.
Both the company and the union said wages are a key stumbling block in negotiations.
'The vast majority of hotel workers are not compensated as well as the workers at the Best Western Plus,' McDiarmid told CTV News in a statement, adding they have increased pay in the last three years despite soaring costs.
That's a comment Nabbout disputes.
'$18.02 is not even a living wage. You cannot even put the Kraft Dinner on the table to support your family,' Nabbout said.
'And now, the employer (has) the audacity to say this (offer) on the table, it is more than fair?'
The union is also accusing the company of trying to claw back bereavement leave while the company is critical of the union for not taking their final offer to the workforce.
The strike at Best Western Plus on Riverside Drive started on Sunday.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CTV News
an hour ago
- CTV News
‘The CAQ is much more than just me,' says Legault
Quebec Premier François Legault speaks at a press conference marking the end of the spring session at his office in Quebec City on Friday, June 6, 2025. Legault is flanked by Quebec Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport Geneviève Guilbault, left, and Quebec Government House Leader and Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette. (The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot)
Globe and Mail
2 hours ago
- Globe and Mail
Alberta resumes buying U.S. alcohol and gambling machines, months after pause meant to fight tariffs
Alberta is buying American alcohol and gambling machines again, three months after Premier Danielle Smith announced restrictions aimed at fighting back against U.S. tariffs. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally says the move signals a 'renewed commitment to open and fair trade' with the United States. Smith said in March that the province would no longer buy U.S. alcohol and video lottery terminals, or sign contracts with American companies. That came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped heavy tariffs on Canadian goods and energy. Nally says the decision to resume buying U.S. alcohol and gambling machines 'sets the stage for more constructive negotiations' ahead of a renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. Ontario, Manitoba reach internal trade agreement, promise alcohol sales deal by end of June The minister says Albertans are encouraged to continue supporting local producers, even as more U.S. options return to store shelves. Nally said in April that the province was pausing its policy around procurement from U.S. companies 'in the spirit of diplomacy.' He said since the province's retaliatory measures were first announced in early March, the Trump administration had put a hold on further tariffs.
CTV News
2 hours ago
- CTV News
2 teen boys injured in Bluffer's Park stabbing, 2 suspects in custody
Police are on the scene of a stabbing at Bluffer's Park on Friday, June 6, 2025. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News Toronto) Two teenagers are in the hospital after being stabbed at Bluffer's Park in Scarborough Friday night. Toronto police said they received a call just after 7:30 p.m. about several people who had been stabbed in the park located in the area of Bluffers Park Road and Brimley Road South. Bluffer's Park stabbing A police officer stands at the scene of a stabbing at Bluffer's Park on Friday, June 6, 2025. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News Toronto) When officers arrived, they located two male victims with serious injuries, who were subsequently transported to the hospital. Police later said that the victims' injuries were considered non-life-threatening. Meanwhile, police said two people have been arrested and a third suspect is at large. The circumstances that led to the stabbing are unknown. Bluffer's Park stabbing Toronto police are investigating a double stabbing at Bluffer's Park on Friday, June 6, 2025. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News Toronto) 'It is very early on in the investigation, and we do not have a motive at this time,' McCann said. Police said they have a large presence in the park as they investigate the stabbing.
