CUPE tells Extendicare: ‘Make a real offer, or pick an arbitrator’

Extendicare-York employees took to the streets on Thursday to push for a new contract.They are among 1,100 Extendicare workers at eight CUPE locals in Ontario who say they “have been kept waiting for a fair contract,” the union said in a release. “Where other workers would have been able to go on strike to force the employer back to the table, these workers are denied that right under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA), forcing them into a long and drawn-out