Workers from now-defunct Hudson’s Bay locations across Ontario are rallying against severance denials.
A report by Unifor, a Canada-wide union, revealed that Hudson’s Bay staff represented by the group (some 600 workers) gathered in Toronto and Windsor yesterday to demand owed severance as the company’s liquidation nears completion.
Due to a lack of support, union leaders have called on the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) to acknowledge its current mishandling of practices as it shuts down Canadian operations, resulting in over 8,000 individuals losing their jobs nationwide.
Beyond the struggle with the HBC, Unifor is also urging the feds to use the current situation as an opportunity to review the transparency of workers’…
