Unifor is calling on the provincial government to help end the month-long strike at Windsor Salt.
Over 250 members of Unifor Local 240 and 1959 at the Windsor Salt Mine and evaporation plant have been on strike since February 17.
The union says the US-based owner, Stone Canyon, is demanding the union accept the contracting out of union work before they negotiate any financial matters in the contract.
"Premier Ford and Ministers McNaughton and Smith – this is not how we do business or negotiate contracts in Ontario," said Lana Payne, Unifor National President in a letter. "Ontarians respect the collective bargaining process as a fundamental part of workers’ rights, and we do not use the threat of stonewalling as a bargaining tactic to force unacceptable concessions onto our negotiation counterparts before the conversation has even started."
Payne is calling on the government to reach out to Windsor Salt's owners to end the dispute and come to the bargaining table.