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Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian PressOTTAWA — Temporary changes to the employment insurance program made during the pandemic are set to expire soon, jeopardizing access to jobless benefits for automotive workers in Windsor, Ont., who expect to be out of work in the fall, says a Unifor leader.
Now, as nearly 300 workers await a permanent layoff, Kennedy says many might be ineligible for EI due to expiration of measures that eased access to benefits."Because our hours are shrinking, and we're not working as much, when the plant closes, there is a lot of us that will not have enough hours to keep us going."
Kennedy said the change is also concerning for workers at Syncreon because they'll"have to exhaust all their severance pay. To me that's wrong.” “However, our government recognizes that the current EI system needs to be more flexible, fairer and responsive to the needs of workers today. That’s exactly why we’ve undertaken the monumental task — for the first time in a generation — of modernizing it, and that work is well underway,” Beauport said.
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