The Windsor District Labour Council is asking companies to not make any knee-jerk reactions to the newly increased minimum wage.
The group held an information picket outside a downtown Windsor Tim Horton's location on Wednesday morning, asking the corporation to set guidelines for its franchise owners.
"Every single penny that workers earn inside they spend on this community. They will be back in the loop after their shift buying more food. They are not putting it into RRSPs and offshore," said Brian Hogan of the Windsor District Labour Council.
He says companies need to take a step back and come up with creative ways to deal with the wage hike instead of taking it out on employees.
"I've heard of one company, the bosses have said we're not taking a raise for a little while. We're just checking out how things rolls out so that we can see if things work instead of knee-jerk reactions like some other companies," says Hogan.
Hogan says he doesn't know of any local Tim Horton's locations that are taking action against employees. Some locations in the GTA have reduced benefits, taken away paid breaks, and cut hours.
