Tim Hortons: 50 protest rallies planned across Canada

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About 50 demonstrations are planned across Canada on Friday by Protesters angered by some Ontario Tim Hortons franchisees who slashed workers' benefits and breaks after the province raised its minimum wage plan.publive-image

At least 38 rallies will be based in Ontario, including 18 planned in Toronto.The planned national protests follow similar demonstrations earlier this month at 16 Tim Hortons restaurants in Ontario, organized in response to a few franchises that clawed back workers benefits, paid breaks and other perks as a result of the minimum wage increase in Ontario from an $11.60 hourly rate to $14 at the start of the month.publive-image

Other cities involved in the protest include Calgary, Halifax, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver and two other cities in British Columbia.

Organizers behind the protest campaign, dubbed Fight for $15 and Fairness, say the demonstrations planned at specific Tim Hortons franchises on Friday are not about the franchise owners themselves, but rather to pressure their parent company.

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Spokeswoman Brittany Smith said, "If they're feeling the crunch, they know like we do the answer has to come from corporate head office, not off the backs of employees making a minimum wage."

"This is about the multi-billion dollar corporation and its parent company, Restaurant Brands International, who have the means to protect workers, but aren't doing it."

Smith could not describe how specific franchises across the country were selected for the protests but said they were chosen by local members of the Fight for $15 and Fairness, which she said number 500,000.

 

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