Campaigns – Kingston & District Labour Council The collective voice for workers in Kingston Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:19:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://kingstonlabour.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2024/10/cropped-KDLC_profile-3-32x32.png Campaigns – Kingston & District Labour Council 32 32 Write a Solidarity Letter! https://kingstonlabour.ca/campaigns/in/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:23:57 +0000 https://kingstonlabour.ca/?post_type=campaigns&p=391&lang=en “Five groups of workers at Queen’s University are struggling to get their employer to address concerns including the cost-of-living crisis, understaffing and job stability. The workers are members of five bargaining units in CUPE locals 229, 254 and 1302 – approximately 1000 workers including library workers, tradespeople, classroom and laboratory technicians, and custodians and caretakers, as well as foodservice workers employed under a Queen’s University contract with Aramark. Waged workers at the university have seen their pay drop 11-15% below inflation in recent years and many are working second jobs just to pay the rent and feed their families. At...

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