Dexterra Watch

Dexterra Watch was established in 2026 to provide regular updates and information on Dexterra Group and its labour and employment practices in the facility and cleaning services sector.

Coast to Coast Labour Violations

An investigation by the Lynnwood Times “uncovered that dozens of employees working for a subcontractor under Sound Transit were cheated out of millions of unpaid wages while working on janitorial services at several transportation sites related to the Link light rail.”

According to the Lynwood Times, the subcontractor was brought on by Dexterra Services LLC. “The cleaners were working 8-10 hours daily, seven days a week, including holidays with no rest days. Workers were also being paid $20 an hour rather than the prevailing wage rate of $29.33 for janitorial work on the public light rail project.”

Sound Transit is the public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in Washington state.

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There is potential for another labour dispute between Dexterra Group Inc. and its employees, this time at the University of Winnipeg. The Collective Bargaining Agreement expires at end of September.  SEIU Local 2, the union representing the approximately 40 workers, and the cleaning company are at an impasse in negotiations. On September 24, the cleaners voted unanimously to strike. The parties are waiting for conciliation dates. Workers could be on the picket lines in October. 

More to come.

BCRTC failed to provide cleaners and SEIU Local 2 with copy of WorkSafeBC report outlining numerous safety concerns

SEIU Local 2 has obtained a copy of a third WorkSafeBC report issued to the British Columbia Rapid Transit Company Ltd. (BCRTC). The report addresses the safety of union members cleaning the SkyTrain in Vancouver, employed by Dexterra Group Inc. Issued and emailed to the BCRTC on August 21, 2026, the report was not provided to SEIU Local 2 or the Union’s workplace health and safety committee.

According to SEIU Local 2, some of the most concerning items in the report include:

  1. As the prime contractor and TransLink’s delegated authority at the workplace, BCRTC is responsible for coordinating health and safety activities across employers at a multi-employer site like the SkyTrain but have failed to do so, contravening the Workers Compensation Act 24 (1), and putting workers at risk.

“…there was no documented coordination regarding the movement of live trains within stations while Dexterra’s workers may be working in areas where they could be exposed to moving trains and the potential for serious injury.”
-WorkSafe BC Inspection Report #202618976951A, p.3

2. BCRTC has been inspecting Dexterra’s operations since they took over the contract in February 2026 but did not focus on Occupational Health & Safety until July or August. In February they found Dexterra lacked Safety Data Sheets. In March they found chemicals without appropriate labels. When WCB inspected the workplace in June, they found similar issues.

“…the recurrence of these deficiencies indicates that the prime contractor [BCRTC] did not have an effective process to ensure identified OHS deficiencies were corrected and compliance with applicable OHS provisions was maintained.”
-WorkSafe BC Inspection Report #202618976951A, p.3

To date, SEIU Local 2 has not been provided with a copy of the report, but a link to photographs of the report is available here. The notice of compliance report was due to WCB (Workers’ Compensation Board) on September 11, 2026, the same day an SEIU health and safety committee member became aware of the report’s existence.

Photos of WCB Report

Lenna McVeety, who is also an SEIU steward, was alerted to the report by a member of CUPE, who came across the report in their crew room. Dexterra employees do not have access to the CUPE crew room, which is kept locked.

“We only heard of the report by complete chance,” said McVeety. “It was posted in the breakroom for CUPE members but not for us. That’s completely unacceptable. We’re talking about a report that has to do with the health and safety of us as workers. If we could be exposed to moving trains and at risk of serious injury, shouldn’t we be told about it?”

While BCRTC may have submitted a notice of compliance report, their failure to disclose the WCB report prevented cleaners and their representatives from meaningfully participating in discussions about how to address the serious workplace hazards and how to correct them. Furthermore, the health and safety committee has been given no new protocols from BCRTC for coordinating among units.

Both BCRTC and Dexterra had ample opportunity to make SEIU and its members aware of the report.

SEIU met with Sany Zein, the President and General Manager of BCRTC on September 1, 2026, and he did not mention this report.

Dexterra managers participated in a joint health and safety committee meeting with SEIU on September 2, 2026, but they did not share the report, nor did they raise the issue either.

“When workers brought up these very issues, including at a TransLink Board meeting, we were ignored,” said McVeety. “It’s shocking.”

SkyTrain cleaners employed by Dexterra Group who have been sounding the alarm about serious safety concerns about their jobs, came together with their allies for a rally outside the TransLink head office yesterday, says SEIU Local 2.

“TransLink still hasn’t taken action to ensure Dexterra lives up to its contractual obligations to the workers, to the public, and to TransLink itself,” said Sanchit Sharma, SEIU Member and SkyTrain worker since 2023. “They aren’t keeping the public or workers safe.”
The janitorial workers on the TransLink SkyTrain system, who are members of SEIU Local 2, are facing ongoing mistreatment, unsafe working conditions, and unjustified layoffs (25 workers to date). Workers say they have repeatedly lacked the necessary supplies to ensure public safety. The janitors are concerned about their health as well as those of TransLink riders. These concerns have been backed up by WorkSafeBC inspections, with reports outlining several health and safety violations, some of which are still outstanding.
“We’re making it clear that TransLink has to end their contract with Dexterra,” said Hermender Singh Kailley, Secretary-Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour, of the cleaning contractor who took over services in February of 2026. “And we’re not alone in this demand: nearly 2-thousand people have signed a petition demanding TransLink take immediate action.”

During the rally, attended by around 60 people, the union attempted to deliver the petition but was blocked by TransLink office security.

Toronto – The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in Toronto has notified Dexterra Group that it is terminating its contract to provide cleaning services.  The announcement comes just weeks after the Labourers International Union of North America (LIUNA) concluded a strike against Dexterra Group citing the company’s failure to pay wages at industry standards as a key reason for the work stoppage.

The loss of the contract by Dexterra is another setback for the company in the education sector having lost contracts for the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design and Cape Breton University earlier this year.

Dexterra Group competitor FNYX Group will take over the contract at OCAD in October of this year.

On August 19th the Service Employees International Union filed grievances in four provinces alleging that Dexterra Group had deducted union dues from employees in May and June but failed to forward them to the Union. Less than twenty-four hours after filing the grievances, Dexterra yielded and sent confirmation that it would release over $65,000 it had been holding contrary to the terms of the collective agreement. 
Union spokesperson Tom Galivan expressed concern that Dexterra’s failure to forward union dues in a timely manner may be part of a larger problem citing other grievances about unpaid wages and benefit premiums. 

“Earlier this year Dexterra was delinquent in paying its health benefit premiums and now we are seeing issues of unpaid employee wages and the withholding of union dues.  These are often signs that a company is having cash flow problems.  We are monitoring the situation closely,” 

Workers cleaning Eglinton Crosstown LRT stations in Toronto are speaking out to say they are facing serious problems on the job like not being paid and not receiving basic cleaning supplies.

This follows a grievance and an Unfair Labour Practice complaint issues by SEIU Local 2 about Dexterra’s practices, with the allegation being that the cleaning company, Dexterra, had a number of contracts to provide cleaning services that fell under the scope of the Union’s collective agreement, including contracts with the Toronto Transit Commission and the Eglington Crosstown LRT.  When the Union delivered notice to bargain a new collective agreement, Dexterra falsely told both the Union and the Ministry of Labour that it no longer had any accounts. Additionally, Dexterra was using non-union subcontractors, further undermining worker’s wages, rights, and working conditions.

Presently, some of the work is being performed in-house again – but Dexterra is still not following the union contract to the detriment of workers who have now had enough and are speaking out.

Tavoie, Dexterra worker at TTC stations:

“I just want to make sure my coworkers are treated fairly. We all should get what we deserve.”

Anthony, Dexterra worker at TTC stations:

“I worked for Dexterra for 6 weeks and I have not gotten paid.”

Monique, Dexterra worker:

“I don’t have enough supplies. Gloves, clean rags, cleaning supplies: there is not enough.”

These workers keep TTC stations clean and safe for the public but they are being asked to do their jobs without the pay, supplies, and fair treatment they deserve.

Their experiences raise serious questions about how Dexterra is treating the workers responsible for cleaning Toronto’s transit infrastructure.

Workers deserve to be paid on time, have the supplies they need, and be treated fairly on the job.

Crosslinx has to ensure the companies it hires operate honestly, respect workers, and comply with labour law, said SEIU Local 2 and allied organizations at a rally outside the Crosslinx office. Crosslinx Transit Solutions is the private consortium responsible for designing, building, financing and maintaining the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. SEIU Local 2 recently learned that Dexterra, the cleaning contractor operating at the Eglinton Crosstown LRT stations:
  • Hid contracts from the union and kept workers from being part of the City-Wide Toronto collective agreement
  • Sub-contracted work which led to lower wages and worse working conditions for workers
These allegations are detailed in the union’s Unfair Labour Practice complaint.
“We’re here to send a powerful message that public infrastructure should never be cleaned on the backs of workers,”
said Renzo Garcia, the chair of the Toronto Justice for Janitors Council with SEIU Local 2.
“The cleaning contractor Dexterra Group has taken its bad labour practices to our public transit system and now it’s time for Crosslinx to hold Dexterra accountable.”
“We have a City-Wide collective agreement for a reason,” said Garcia. “It maintains standards that benefit workers – but also the companies who participate. What Dexterra is doing is creating an unfair advantage for itself.”
The rally – which included members of Justicia for Migrant Workers, TTCriders, Toronto Centre Tenant Union, the Toronto Tenant Union, Toronto Centre City Council Candidate Curran Stikuts, and more – declared that Crosslinx has a responsibility to take action and hold Dexterra accountable, meaning ensuring that the companies it hires follow labour law and treat workers well.
UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE COMPLAINT

A new analysis of Dexterra Group’s recent stock decline points to several challenges that closely align with the concerns workers have been raising. The article identifies labour costs, employee availability and retention, contract execution risks and operational disruptions among the factors impacting investor confidence.  
 
Read the article here

Janitors at the Canadian Forces Base in Shilo, Manitoba are just the latest group to join the fight for fairness in their workplace. Twenty five workers took action to organize and have had their union certified at the Manitoba Labour Board.
“We’re so happy to be unionized with SEIU Local 2” says Karin Ryley, who has worked at the base for several months. “We’re on our feet all day but we have no health benefits and we make mere cents above minimum wage. Sometimes, we don’t even have proper equipment. Health and safety while working is a big concern, and with a union, we’ll finally be able to protect ourselves and fight for fair wages.”
The group is looking forward to meeting with Dexterra at the bargaining table and the workers are united in demanding more!
UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE COMPLAINT
NSCAD University has terminated cleaning services with Dexterra Group after ongoing servicing and labour relations problems. Dexterra took over janitorial services at NSCAD in October 1 2025 and will no longer hold the cleaning contract as of August 31 2026. A strike vote amongst the janitors was originally scheduled to take place on August 5 but was cancelled due to the announcement of NSCAD terminating services with Dexterra. 
 
“I’ve been working at the same site for years” said Michelle Falle, who is currently a Dexterra worker cleaning at NSCAD in Halifax. “I work hard to keep the school clean, and I really cherish the relationships I have with the university staff and students. It’s unfair that Dexterra strung us along for months with our union rights.” 
 
Michelle and her co-workers were previously employed by unionized cleaning company, GDI, prior to the Oct 2025 contract flip to Dexterra. Despite Dexterra initially making assurances to the workers’ union (SEIU) that they would voluntarily recognize the existing union contract, Dexterra reneged on doing so, and the workers filed a traditional certification in January 2026. 
 
First-contract talks further broke down between SEIU and Dexterra at a conciliation session on July 24, where Dexterra proposed major concessions to janitorial Halifax city-wide standards including no pension plan, reduced sick day provisions, reduced premium pay for night shifts and lead hands and more.
 
The Conciliation Officer’s Report was filed with the Nova Scotia Labour Board declaring an impasse between the Parties on July 31 and the termination of services between NSCAD and Dexterra was issued soon after. 
 
“They ignored us when we asked for supplies. My coworkers and I tried our best to maintain quality of service,” said Falle. NSCAD has made assurances to Falle and her coworkers that they will keep their jobs as they undergo another contract transition in the coming months. 
 
SEIU Local 2, the Union that represents Dexterra workers who clean the SkyTrain, has sent a letter to the TransLink Board of Directors.
 
After attending the June 24 TransLink Board meeting, the Board heard directly from the workers who told them about the poor working conditions and serious health & safety violations at the SkyTrain. Their testimony has been corroborated by a WCB Inspection Report.
 
Dexterra failed the inspection and hid this report from the workers and the Union, despite being directed to share it with affected workers and the Union, and to post it in the worksite. SEIU Local 2 only received it after making multiple requests directly to WorkSafe. WorkSafeBC ordered Dexterra to be complaint by July 13 but they are still not in compliance.
 
SEIU Local 2 has made several requests to meet with TransLink about Dexterra’s business practices that are deeply impacting workers and members of the public. In light of the urgency of these WorkSafeBC findings and outstanding orders, and a petition asking TransLink to meet with the union signed by over 1900 members of the public, SEIU Local 2 reiterates its request to meet with the goal of collaboratively improving TransLink services and make transit safer. 
 
LETTER
WCB Inspection Report
PETITION

After cleaners working for Dexterra Group at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa put forward complaints around health and safety violations, harassment, racism, discrimination, reprisal, and avoidance of WSIB they were removed from their worksite.

We’re fighting this retaliation and we appreciate the solidarity of PSAC-UNE Local 70395 which has sent this powerful letter urging accountability. 

Read their letter here.

The Dexterra Group cleaning contractor employing workers at the Greater Vancouver SkyTrain line are falling short and TransLink needs to take action, said SEIU Local 2 at a Translink Board Meeting today.
 

“Employees are routinely assigned responsibility for cleaning four to six stations during a single shift. Despite these already excessive workloads, supervisors continue to assign additional duties,”said Lenna McVeety, Lead Hand and SEIU Local 2 member in her remarks at the Board Meeting.
“Workers deserve a safe workplace, adequate staffing, and respectful treatment. These concerns require immediate attention before a serious incident occurs.”

At the Board Meeting, SEIU Local 2 representatives raised concerns about labour violations like bullying and harassment, an inability on the part of Dexterra to maintain standards, forcing workers to clean the yellow line while the train is operating, and inadequate staffing levels. These issues, the union says, are worsened in the context of the FIFA World Cup which is seeing a dramatic increase in riders.

“Let’s be clear: Dexterra’s modus operandi is to undercut companies who follow the law, and then get rich on public money,”

said Kayla Hilstob, SEIU Local 2 researcher at the Board Meeting, noting Dexterra made over $1-billion in revenue last year.

Consequently, SEIU Local 2 is calling on TransLink to take action. The union is requesting a meeting with TransLink’s CEO Kevin Quinn to hear its concerns and to commit to ensuring the SkyTrain is safe for workers and riders. The union is calling on TransLink to hold Dexterra accountable to its contractual obligations – and, failing that, to terminate its contract with Dexterra.

Cleaners employed by Dexterra and represented by the Labourers International Union Local 183 (LIUNA 183) are picketing at the Ontario College of Art and Design, as well as three other locations.  The work stoppages are expected to result in significant service disruptions. 

The job action follows a refusal by Dexterra to match the standardized wage rates set by SEIU and LIUNA 183 through industry-wide coordinated bargaining.  Both unions represent thousands of cleaning workers in the City of Toronto including Dexterra employees.

“We are only asking Dexterra to pay the wage rates enjoyed by thousands of union members across Toronto. We won’t let them undermine standards in the industry” said Humberto Alferez, LIUNA 183 spokesperson.

The work stoppage is taking place at the same time Dexterra is facing a legal complaint filed by SEIU at the Ontario Labour Relations Board alleging the company is using non-union subcontractors at its transit accounts in Toronto. 

“As SEIU members, we know that workers only win improvements when we stand together. Every gain made by workers in our industry helps strengthen standards across the sector.  That’s why solidarity with LIUNA Local 183 workers is not only the right thing to do – it also helps protect and advance the standards that SEIU members have fought hard to achieve.” said Tom Galivan, SEIU spokesperson.

SEIU and LIUNA 183 say they are discussing the possibility of joint rallies and pickets against Dexterra in the coming weeks.

On June 5 and again on June 8, SEIU met with FIFA representatives about the increasing number of human rights and labour violations on Toronto’s TTC and Vancouver’s Skytrain committed by custodial contractor, Dexterra. Both the City of Toronto and City of Vancouver are slated to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. As a result, Dexterra was given additional public funding in both cities to increase service in expectation of World Cup traffic. Despite the additional funding, workers have yet to see support for the increased workload and were told that a temporary pool of casual workers would be hired which is in violation of the recall rights of those who were wrongly laid off since Dexterra took over the contracts.

The BC Federation of Labour also joined in on the meeting to back up SEIU, and it was also supported by the Canadian Labour Congress.

On May 4, and then again on June 5, SEIU representatives met with Mayor of Coquitlam, Brad West, to request assistance from his Office to intervene on the matter. Mayor Brad West is also the Chair of the TransLink Mayor Council.

As of June 2026, 37 grievances have been filed against Dexterra over multiple labour and human rights violations on the SkyTrain as Vancouver gears up to host the FIFA World Cup. To date, not a single grievance has been resolved. 

Since Dexterra took over the cleaning contract in February 2026, cleaners have repeatedly spoken out against unsafe working conditions, layoffs, understaffing, and violations to workers’ rights including dozens of violations of both their collective agreement and WorkSafe BC legislation. Initially, the company wrongfully laid-off one in five workers in reverse order of seniority rules, and although some workers have since been recalled, there remains significant labour shortages on the SkyTrain.

Workers also report not being provided with proper chemicals and having to clean high-traffic areas without soap.

Members of the SEIU held a rally outside of Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and Metrolinx locations today to protest the continued use of non-union subcontractors by Dexterra on Toronto’s transit system.

A legal complaint filed by SEIU earlier in the month alleges that Dexterra Group, a company contracted to provide cleaning services for TTC and Metrolinx is failing to apply the union contract and instead is using a non-union subcontractor.  A union spokesperson says that since the complaint was filed, the union has been informed by multiple sources that the subcontractor Dexterra Group is using is paying workers cash under the table.

“When a cleaning company is paying workers cash under the table that usually indicates a scheme designed to undercut the employment standards act.  It’s alarming that this is happening in a public transit system.”

SEIU says that if the complaint is not resolved further protests will be held during the upcoming FIFA world cup to be held in Toronto next month.

LEGAL COMPLAINT

Employees of Dexterra who work at the Museum of Nature held a protest outside of their workplace today to bring attention to their allegation that management had engaged in discriminatory behavior against workers.

The workers, who are members of the SEIU, filed a formal complaint with their employer on April 6th, 2026. Over a month has passed since the complaint was filed and workers say it doesn’t appear that the employer has launched an investigation.

“Three of my coworkers and I chose to stand up together and report serious allegations of racism, discrimination, harassment, and health and safety breaches to Human Resources. A month has passed and none of us have yet been interviewed as part of an investigation.” said Roberto Renderos.

Under Ontario law employers have a legal obligation to investigate and address allegations of racism and discrimination in the workplace.

Four grievances were filed on April 17 2026 against Dexterra for violating multiple clauses in the workers’ union contract including pay increases beginning April 1 2026. Dexterra took over the unionized site in March 1 2026. The Scotia Square complex of buildings in downtown Halifax is one of the largest commercial sites in Atlantic Canada, employing more than 50 janitors.  

Through the Union’s grievance procedure, Dexterra admitted it violated the union’s wage grid and used improper calculations for holiday pay, settling two of the four grievances. Meanwhile, the Union escalated the remaining two grievances after Dexterra maintained its position that it would not pay some workers for completed hours of work. If the grievances are not resolved, the Union will move to arbitration. 

On May 13 2026, the Union conducted a ‘Know Your Rights’ workshop with members at the worksite.

In a meeting with representatives of NSCAD, the Union representing the cleaners on campus relayed multiple complaints about Dexterra Group since it took over the janitorial services in October 1 2025. 

Before this date, workers had worked under the previous unionized janitorial contractor at NSCAD (GDI Integrated Services). In Fall 2025, Dexterra and SEIU began talks to voluntarily recognize the union at the NSCAD site, including rehiring the existing workers and adopting their union contract that set out wage increases for Oct 1 2025 and April 1 2026.

Despite commitments by Dexterra representatives to execute a voluntary recognition, Dexterra suddenly halted the process by stalling signatures on paperwork.

Given the precarity of the situation, the workers filed for a traditional certification under the NS Labour Board to recognize the Union. They were officially re-certified on January 16 2026.

Workers have since been bargaining with Dexterra, resulting in an impasse on May 8 2026. Dexterra admitted it had no intention of honoring the existing union contract and proposed major concessions. Concessions include removing the janitors’ pension plan, limiting the health and dental insurance program, reducing paid sick days from up to twelve days to three days a year, and keep wages under the cost of living. 

In the meeting with NSCAD representatives, SEIU signaled that it is seriously considering and mobilizing towards strike action to fight back on these concessions and the string of broken promises by Dexterra. 

SEIU filed for conciliation, which is scheduled for July 24.

On May 4th, 2026, SEIU filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board alleging that in 2025, Dexterra Group Inc (Dexterra), misled the Union and the Ministry of Labour when it represented it had no cleaning accounts in the City of Toronto that would fall under the union’s collective agreement and therefore would not be participating in negotiations for a new collective agreement. 

The complaint alleges that in early 2025 Dexterra had a number of contracts to provide cleaning services that fell under the scope of the Union’s collective agreement, including contracts with the Toronto Transit Commission and the Eglington Crosstown LRT.  When the Union delivered notice to bargain a new collective agreement, Dexterra told both the Union and the Ministry of Labour that it no longer had any accounts.

As a result, Dexterra was able to avoid providing workers with union wage rates and benefits inclusive of wage increases that were negotiated through industry-wide collective bargaining that same year. It strains credulity to think Dexterra couldn’t keep track of its own business accounts, particularly one as large as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which involves many workers, and as such it is hard to believe Dexterra’s actions represent anything other than a deliberate deceit aimed at undercutting its competitors and its own workers in order to gain an unfair advantage in the cleaning industry.  

The Union began investigating in early 2026. Shortly thereafter, a worker came forward to complain that they were not receiving the proper wage rates or benefits while working at a Dexterra account. The Union initiated the legal action after it confirmed Dexterra was hiding at least five accounts from the Union. 

SEIU Local 2 represents over 3000 cleaners in the City of Toronto.  Standard terms and conditions of employment in the cleaning sector are set through central negotiations between the Union and ten different employers.  Industry-wide negotiations are intended to ensure that companies can’t gain a competitive advantage at the expense of worker wages and benefits.

“Not only have workers at Dexterra accounts been cheated out of wages and benefits but Dexterra’s actions undercut the companies that are operating lawfully.” said Kumar Ramcharran, SEIU Local 2 spokesperson

On April 27, a delegation of SkyTrain janitors met with the BC Minister of Labour and Minister of Transportation & Transit, with the request that the Ministers intervene and terminate the custodial contract between TransLink and Dexterra.

Toronto – In a decision issued on April 13, 2026, the Ontario Labour Relations Board found that Dexterra Group failed to bargain in good faith during contract negotiations with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). 
 
Under Section 17 of the Ontario Labour Relations Act employers and unions “must bargain in good faith and make every reasonable effort to make a collective agreement.”
 
OPSEU’s complaint alleged that Dexterra Group had resiled from a settlement offer made to the union in September, 2024. The settlement offer included wage increases, retroactive pay and a signing bonus. Dexterra argued that they shouldn’t be bound by the offer because their client had refused to cover the costs of the settlement offer. 
 
After hearing the submissions of both parties the Board found:
 
“the Employer cannot renege from the promises made at the bargaining table on September 16, 2024..”
 
and
 
“Accordingly, the Board finds that the Employer’s conduct constitutes a contravention [of] its duty to bargain in good faith..”
 
To read the full decision:
 
 
Editor’s Note: A separate Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union Local 2 against Dexterra Group alleging the company failed to honour a negotiated settlement is currently pending before the British Columbia Labour Relations Board.

On March 24, Skytrain cleaners organized a rally in front of Metrotown station in Burnaby to raise the alarm about Dexterra’s labour violations.

Workers spoke about being denied proper PPE, unreasonable workloads and being unfairly targeted, bullied and harassed by management for asking questions and speaking up about workplace issues. The rally was attended by civil society and labour groups such as Movement YVR, The BC Federation of Labour and the Vancouver & District Labour Council, who also called on TransLink and Dexterra to stop these violations. 

Despite multiple asks for meetings with TransLink, so far TransLink has refused to meet with the workers about their concerns. Almost 2000 signatures have been gathered on a petition calling on TransLink to hold Dexterra accountable.

LEGAL COMPLAINT

—VOICES.

Worker's Voices

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“When a company cuts jobs, ignores safety concerns, and pressures workers about their union, it sends a message that workers don’t matter. But we do matter – and we’re standing together.”

Sanchit Sharma
SkyTrain cleaner, Vancouver

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“I come to work every day to do my job, to work hard, to earn a living. But how are we supposed to do our jobs when we don’t have the basic tools? How are we supposed to stay safe when safety is ignored?”

Boluwatife Shobiye
SkyTrain cleaner (Laid off), Vancouver

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“This is unhealthy for all of us here. We’ll fight to the end until something happens. We’re standing together and we want people to stand with us.”

Lenna McVeety
SkyTrain cleaner, Vancouver

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“I don’t have enough supplies. Gloves, clean rags, cleaning supplies: there is not
enough.”

Monique
Dexterra worker at TTC stations, Toronto

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“I worked for Dexterra for 6 weeks and I have not gotten paid.”

Anthony
Dexterra worker at TTC stations, Toronto

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“I just want to make sure my coworkers are treated fairly. We all should get what we deserve.”

Tavoie
Dexterra worker at TTC stations, Toronto

Dexterra's Treatment of Ottawa Workers