March 12 Toronto Employees at the […]

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1979-03-12

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March 12 Toronto Employees at the Richmond Street Health Emporium, 260 Richmond Street East, voted down a proposal to become members of the Hotel and Club Employees Union, Local 299, part of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. This was the first attempt in Canada to unionize workers at a steam bath. In June 1979, David Foreman, who had been most active in trying to unionize the bath, was dismissed. Foreman complained to the Ontario Labour Relations Board that he had been dismissed because of his union activities, and in August 1979 the Richmond Street Health Emporium settled the complaint by paying Foreman $900 in compensation.

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Richmond Street Health Emporium Toronto

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Paul Trollope, "Settlement Reached in Baths Union Case," Body Politic, no. 57 (1979), pp. 9–10.Paul Trollope, "Bath Workers Vote Down Union, Organizer to Make Second Try," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 14 "Gay Business Is Still Business," Workers' Action, no. 53 (February 1980), p. 9

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