Ontario Workers Overwhelmingly Choose Workers United over UNITE HERE

UNITE HERE fails in effort to block workers' votes from being counted; Ontario Labour Relations Board confirms 90 % of workers at seven diverse workplaces chose Workers United over UNITE HERE in Board Elections

November 12, 2009

Toronto, November 12^th - The Ontario Labour Relations Board today confirmed that 90 per cent of workers at seven workplaces across Ontario voted to be represented by the Workers United Ontario Council instead of UNITE HERE.  Votes were unanimous for Workers United over UNITE HERE at two Compass foodservice workplaces, at the Comfort Inn Hotel in Niagara Falls and Lonix Hats.

Votes, representing almost 1000 workers, have been taking place since September of this year but the counting of ballots was delayed after UNITE HERE filed motions to prevent workers' votes from being counted.

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