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The city councillor for Osgoode ward has accused the locked-out Rideau Carleton Raceway OLG Slots employees of causing traffic woes and harassing customers as they picket on Albion Road.
Coun. George Darouze said that, after receiving several calls and emails from constituents, he reported the issues to Ottawa police and the city’s bylaw department, and sent letters to both the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and the Public Service Alliance of Canada on Thursday.
“I am being proactive. I don’t want an incident,” Darouze said. “I don’t want to see anybody getting hurt.”
Darouze said that pickets are also clogging nearby High Road by parking on both sides of the narrow street, which he says is a safety issue for pickets, residents and businesses in the area.
Darouze said he saw pickets banging on vehicles until drivers rolled down their windows. Drivers were then forced to sign a petition before being allowed to pass, he said.
Doug Marshall, president of the Union of National Employees, a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said Darouze’s claim isn’t true.
Marshall said pickets may have tapped on drivers’ windows to get their attention, but they didn’t have to sign the petition in order to pass.
“There have not been any legal problems and they haven’t interfered with public safety,” Marshall said. “That’s the most important thing.”
Marshall said the labour dispute, which began in early 2014 when negotiations for a new contract began, has come to a standstill.
He says OLG won’t come back to the bargaining table unless they agree to a wage freeze and to abandon their pension plan.
Marshall said the 124 affected employees — parking attendants, housekeepers, slot attendants and technicians, cashiers and money room clerks — have not had a wage increase since 2008.
Tony Bitonti, an OLG spokesman, said in a statement that the company is, in fact, willing to go back to the bargaining table and that it respects the collective bargaining process.
As far as the picketing outside the raceway, Bitonti said the safety of staff and customers is important to OLG.
“While OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton is open for business during this labour dispute and we respect the union’s right to picket, we ask that union be mindful of any traffic disruptions that could cause a risk to anyone entering the property at Rideau Carleton Raceway,” Bitonti said.
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Coun. George Darouze said that, after receiving several calls and emails from constituents, he reported the issues to Ottawa police and the city’s bylaw department, and sent letters to both the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and the Public Service Alliance of Canada on Thursday.
“I am being proactive. I don’t want an incident,” Darouze said. “I don’t want to see anybody getting hurt.”
Darouze said that pickets are also clogging nearby High Road by parking on both sides of the narrow street, which he says is a safety issue for pickets, residents and businesses in the area.
Darouze said he saw pickets banging on vehicles until drivers rolled down their windows. Drivers were then forced to sign a petition before being allowed to pass, he said.
Doug Marshall, president of the Union of National Employees, a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said Darouze’s claim isn’t true.
Marshall said pickets may have tapped on drivers’ windows to get their attention, but they didn’t have to sign the petition in order to pass.
“There have not been any legal problems and they haven’t interfered with public safety,” Marshall said. “That’s the most important thing.”
Marshall said the labour dispute, which began in early 2014 when negotiations for a new contract began, has come to a standstill.
He says OLG won’t come back to the bargaining table unless they agree to a wage freeze and to abandon their pension plan.
Marshall said the 124 affected employees — parking attendants, housekeepers, slot attendants and technicians, cashiers and money room clerks — have not had a wage increase since 2008.
Tony Bitonti, an OLG spokesman, said in a statement that the company is, in fact, willing to go back to the bargaining table and that it respects the collective bargaining process.
As far as the picketing outside the raceway, Bitonti said the safety of staff and customers is important to OLG.
“While OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton is open for business during this labour dispute and we respect the union’s right to picket, we ask that union be mindful of any traffic disruptions that could cause a risk to anyone entering the property at Rideau Carleton Raceway,” Bitonti said.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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