“It’s time to step it up a notch”…….That was the consensus from a town hall meeting at Exhibition Park which drew a small but vocal group of workers, mostly women, who aren’t happy about the changes coming to Employment Insurance. Many of those coming out are schoolbus drivers who are considered seasonal workers.
The President of local 1190 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Andy Hardy says the politicians aren’t listening so the time has come to get in their faces more. The suggestion was made of camping out in the offices of the Conservative MP’s, all of whom voted in favour of the changes.
Wayne Dryer, who’s a businessman, is a member of the Scrap the Changes Committee because he questions why in the world would he hire a seasonal worker and spend all the time and resources to train a person who will be leaving a few months later.
