The following letter to the editor appeared in a local newspaper recently:
Not so fast, EMD workers
As much as I understand how such a wage change could affect the lives of employees used to making a higher wage for so long, Electro-Motive employees need to realize they are (a) lucky to have a job and (b) still going to be making $6 more an hour than a lot of people.
Samantha M.
January 16, London Free Press
As well as asking “Where will good jobs come from in London, jobs well-paying and secure enough to support committed workers and their families well into the future?” in this series of posts, I also must ask, “Where do people get the idea that salaries, just a few dollars more than Ontario’s paltry minimum wage, will pay for groceries and a mortgage for a couple, let alone a small family of three?”
No wonder there was a rally in Victoria Park on Saturday in support of locked-out Electro-Motive Diesel workers.
[Photos by G.Harrison]
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