Doug Ford touted his union ties and tried to position his Progressive Conservatives as the labour-friendly option for voters on Tuesday, as his political rivals accused him of simply paying lip service to workers.
The Tories gained the endorsement of another construction union on the campaign trail, while the more traditionally worker-friendly NDP secured the backing of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents 180,000 workers.
Ford, who's seeking re-election in next month's vote, kyboshed attempts to compare his Tories to a previous PC government in Ontario.Ford said that's not his position, nor was it the position of his late father, who served as a Progressive Conservative MPP under Harris for several years. Horwath, whose New Democrats have historically been the party most closely aligned with unions, said workers should pay attention to the changes in Ford's tune.
As it stands, Ontarians have three paid sick days during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Ford has not committed to extending the policy once the public health crisis has passed. For many years, unions were most likely to endorse the NDP, Rose said, though he noted that in the 2000s industrial and public sector unions tended to endorse voting strategically “to ensure the PCs didn't get in power.”
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