{"id":18702,"date":"2020-06-17T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/foodora-workers-vote-to-join-canadian-union-of-postal-workers-147159"},"modified":"2020-06-17T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:15:42","slug":"foodora-workers-vote-to-join-canadian-union-of-postal-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/17\/foodora-workers-vote-to-join-canadian-union-of-postal-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Foodora workers vote to join Canadian Union of Postal Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Staff<\/span> | June 17, 2020 <\/p>\n

While Foodora announced in April that it\u2019s shutting down its Canadian operations, its Toronto and Mississauga drivers, nevertheless, have voted to join the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, making them the first app-based workforce to unionize.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is free \u2014 we are a union and we deserve respect and rights from our employer,\u201d said Iv\u00e1n Ostos, a courier who\u2019s worked towards the unionization, in a press release. \u201cMany doubted that workers in this era wanted or needed a union. Through conversations, companionship and the dedication of hard-working foodsters, we came together to achieve something many said was impossible. I am so thankful for all the couriers that dedicated themselves to this campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read: Foodora couriers allowed to unionize, rules Ontario labour board<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ontario Labour Relations Board\u2019s eventual unsealing and counting of the Foodora workers\u2019 ballots<\/a> came after the board ruled in February<\/a> that couriers and drivers were dependent rather than independent contractors and could therefore unionize.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople said gig workers can\u2019t be organized, but these workers just proved that you can,\u201d said Jan Simpson, national president of the CUPW. \u201cJust because Foodora left, doesn\u2019t take away what these workers achieved. They have paved the way for all precarious workers to gain rights and unionize and we are honoured to stand by them and support them and all other gig workers in the struggles to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read: Foodora couriers attempting to unionize for better pay, benefits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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