“My son is the one with the dog in the picture,” said Pat Pettypiece. The painting shows both plants with workers picketing as they wait to get back to work. “I'm here just to support him and all the workers that are here,” he said. The artist, Dennis White, grew up in a union family and his son is a Windsor Salt worker. “It's a good morale booster,” added Geoff Hartley. “We are confident that the Windsor Police Service will investigate and get to the bottom of it,” said Wark, who was on the picket line Saturday morning for the unveiling of a painting. The company has offered up a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Windsor police are investigating the incident. “We can't comment on that and any of the allegations made by the company in regards to the recent events of last week,” Wark said. It is not known if the incident was captured on video but the employee suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Armed with baseball bats, the masked intruders allegedly assaulted a non-union employee. However, that deal may take longer to reach after negotiations - which were set to resume this coming week - were cut off.Īccording to Windsor Salt, three suspects breached company property overnight Thursday. “We still have faith we're going to reach a fair and equitable collective agreement,” he said. Bill Wark, president of Unifor Local 1959, remains optimistic despite this week’s apparent setback.
