Tim Horton's Just Slashed Benefits for Workers

  • da: Care2 Team
  • destinatario: Daniel Schwartz, CEO, Restaurant Brands International

When Ontario voters increased the province's minimum wage, it wasn't because lower wage workers were living the high life. It was because voters felt the previous wage of $11.60 was too low. Unfortunately, the children of the founders of Tim Hortons — one of Canada's most recognizable brands — are less sympathetic.

They just slashed employee benefits at an Ontario franchise they own to offset the cost of paying workers more.

It's a slap in the face to longtime workers at the location. But it's also move that could spark a race to the bottom for employee compensation as other franchise owners reject their ethical obligation to offer employees livable wages and benefits.

Restaurant Brands International, which owns Tim Hortons and other chains, has disavowed involvement in Ron Joyce Jr. and Jeri Horton-Joyce's decision to cut benefits at the Ontario franchise.

But that's little help to employees at the Ontario franchise — or workers at other locations whose owners want to skirt their ethical obligation to workers and the communities in which they operate.

That's why we're calling on Daniel Schwartz, CEO of Tim Hortons' parent company, to pay to restore lost benefits for affected workers at the Ontario franchise and require franchises in Canada to maintain leave and benefit policies when local wage requirements increase.

Will you speak out for fair compensation? Please add your name now.

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