Local 79 President Tim Maguire and members Fred Shilson (Long-Term Care cleaner) & Laura Versa (Parks, Forestry and Recreation worker) — were at City Hall on September 22 to speak to the City’s Second Quarter Operating Budget Variance Report. They told the City of Toronto’s Executive Committee that the Report shows budget cuts have led to increased gapping and vacancies in their Divisions, and detailed how understaffing puts the health of residents at the City’s long-term care homes at risk and increases wait times for recreation programs.
Watch their deputations below.