Students working at provincial parks are protesting a government decision to exempt itself from paying them for statutory holidays.
The protests are taking place at Earl Rowe Provincial Park near Alliston, Ont. and at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, east of Collingwood, Ont.
The Employment Standards Act exempts the government from certain minimum labour standards, including compensating employees for vacation and statutory holidays.
That means student workers will lose an average of $450 on vacation and holiday pay over the summer.
Last weekend, similar Ontario Public Service Employees Union protests took place at Sibbald Point Provincial Park on the south shore of Lake Simcoe and Six Mile Lake Provincial Park in Bracebridge, Ont.
