United Food and Commercial Workers Local 333 says 1,500 security jobs are immediately available in Ontario, many of them well-paying
But union secretary-treasurer Jeff Ketelaars said would-be guards can’t take licence tests because government offices are closed. He has written to Premier Doug Ford urging an alternative like Quebec’s temporary online system.“There’s a lot of Canadians that would rather be working, would rather be doing social good, would rather be protecting their neighbourhoods and their family and friends than sitting at home and not working,” Ketelaars said.
The union intervened in one Ontario case where guards were asked to remove bodies from a hospital because funeral home staff did not want to expose themselves to the virus. Over the past two months, Garda has hired 2,500 staff, about double what it normally would over that time period. He said he’s also heard from guard company clients that shoplifting is up, but police have understandably been too preoccupied to get involved.
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