Striking Union Gets Angry When Windsor Residents Clean Up The Mess
Photograph by: Dan Janisse, The Windsor Star The powerful public service union, CUPE, has been on strike for seven weeks in the city of Windsor, Ontario, leaving many taxpayers there feeling abandoned by city services. 400 workers who maintain roads, parks, garbage and recycling walked off the job on April 15, followed by 1,400 daycare, social services, bylaw enforcement and clerical workers a
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