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COLUMN: ‘Overlooked, underappreciated and, in a way, betrayed’

COLUMN: ‘Overlooked, underappreciated and, in a way, betrayed’

ByThe London Free Press

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, grocery store employees were hailed as heroes and given $2-an-hour bonuses. Now, in the crippling third wave, most “hero pay” is long gone, there’s little paid sick leave and store staff are still waiting to be vaccinated. “Overlooked, underappreciated and, in a way, betrayed.” That’s how it feels, an employee…

Ag waste today, N95 mask tomorrow: London lands biotech leader

ByThe London Free Press

A biotechnology company is expanding to London from Toronto and getting a $615,000 boost from the province to scale up production of a recyclable mask material. Biosa Technologies is building a 4,000-square-foot (360-square-metre) plant in London to make a new ecofriendly material that blocks virus particles, even when wet. The material can be used for […]

Threatened strike at Fanshawe, other Ontario colleges averted

ByThe London Free Press

It will be business as usual for students and staff at Ontario’s community colleges after a threatened strike was averted by an agreement to enter into binding arbitration. Ontario’s colleges and the union representing faculty issued a statement late Thursday night that says they reached an agreement to enter binding interest arbitration and the strike […]