GDI Integrated Facilities is a billion-dollar janitorial contractor. Despite overall profits increasing this year during a pandemic, GDI also received nearly 30 million dollars in taxpayer subsidies under the Canada emergency wage subsidy program (CEWS).

Despite overall profits increasing during the pandemic, GDI received nearly 30 million dollars in taxpayer subsidies this year. SEIU Local 2 member Annette Reyes, who works for GDI was laid off at the beginning of the pandemic and rehired ‘temporarily’ in September spoke to the CBC this week.

Report shows janitors at major pension fund properties across Canada are being overworked, underpaid and under protected

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Bee-Clean Building Maintenance janitors in British Columbia voted to ratify their first collective agreement on Monday, November 2nd.

“We must always stand up for ourselves as a union. This contract is a great step in the right direction for all of us.”

SEIU Local 2 surveyed its members working in the janitorial