By Rosalind Russell – United Steelworkers Local 6500 in Sudbury is calling for Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to engage in good-faith negotiations needed to bring an end to a month-long labour dispute with its 3,600 employees including local members in the North Shore and Manitoulin Island area.
Sean Staddon, a WSIB worker representative with the 2,900-member local says so many vulnerable workers and families are being affected including widows.
He says those widows are owed, and their claims take a long time to adjudicate,” Staddon, which affects their living standards and their well-being.
The WSIB workers, members of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union, also known as Local 1750 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), have been on strike since May 22.
The labour dispute is delaying care for injured workers, increasing a serious claims backlog, and has completely stalled the appeals process for workers and surviving family members seeking benefits.
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