“Local 1090 will collaborate closely with (operator) Great Canadian Gaming to ensure the safety of our members (is) the absolute top-priority when the casinos reopen. When the properties do get the green light to operate, the experience will be a vastly different one with strict health & safety measures in place to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Pickering Casino Resort remains shuttered along with all casinos and poker rooms in the province of Ontario. Local 1090 anticipates very little, if any, employment loss - if there are any reductions, we expect them to be short-term.” “(That casino) is expected to bring thousands of new, high-quality employment opportunities to the Durham Region.
“Pickering Casino Resort was scheduled to open to the public when the temporary closures were announced.”, said Corey Dalton, the president of Unifor Local 1090, which represents unionized casino workers in Durham. Plans for the property’s opening, which was originally scheduled for April 2020, are still unclear. The new Pickering Casino Resort, located east of Canada’s largest city, still remains closed along with the rest of the province’s casinos. Poker players looking for a new thrill near Toronto will have to wait a little longer.
