Labour board decision highlights the need for community benefits program, say advocates.
The company building the Eglinton Crosstown LRT discriminated against a Black construction worker when it fired him three years ago, the Ontario Labour Relations Board has found.
Board vice-chair Patrick Kelly found CTS hadn’t established a sufficient basis to fire Williams, and his termination violated the company’s collective agreement and the Ontario Human Rights Code because it “was tainted by discrimination based on race and colour.” CTS fired Williams with cause in August 2019, after he was involved in a pair of verbal disputes with co-workers
Implicit bias is a term that describes a person’s unconscious belief that the members of an “outgroup” are fundamentally different than members of an “ingroup,” and in the case of racial bias, a belief that members of another race have traits different from the person’s own. CTS argued Kawakami’s testimony shouldn’t be relied on to make findings of fact about whether Williams had been discriminated against, and described his allegations of racism as “reckless, unsubstantiated and offensive,” according to the adjudicator.
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