[PEN-L:8823] Re: McDonalds union

[Bill Burgess <burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Almost a year ago I wrote about the successful union organizing effort at
McDonalds in Squamish, B.C. The Canadian Auto Workers won a representation
vote, pursued negotiations for a contract, and the CAW members at McDonalds
voted to accept the $0.25 raise, grievance procedure and other basic points
recommended by a labour board-appointed mediator.

However, McDonalds stalled, more than half the original workers are no
longer employed, and a majority just voted to de-certify the union. The
workers quoted in the paper said they believed that if they remained union
the franchise would be sold back to the parent corporation who would then
close it. They also said conditions had improved greatly since the the
organizing drive.

Bill Burgess