Lockout reduces service at OLG Slots at Woodbine Racetrack

TORONTO -- Ontario Lottery and Gaming says it is reducing service at OLG Slots at Woodbine Racetrack after being unable to reach a contract settlement with workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

The union had said 400 workers at the facility in northwest Toronto were set to be locked out as of 12:01 a.m. if there was no contract by then.

PSAC said a tentative agreement had been reached on July 5, but the workers voted to reject it, and that the OLG had warned of a lockout if no agreement was reached by the deadline.

The union says its bargaining team sent a revised offer to the OLG on Wednesday but it was rejected.

PSAC says more than 60 per cent of the workers are part-time but many work full-time hours and are refused full-time employment.

OLG says as a result of the labour dispute, the electronic poker room at Woodbine will be closed and an onsite courtesy shuttle will be unavailable.

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