OPSEU Still Fights for Students Back-pay

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union continues to fight for vacation and statutory holiday pay for students who worked with the Ontario government this past summer.

OPSEU says the government avoided making the payments by exempting itself from a section of the Employment Standards Act.

President Warren Thomas says the union isn't giving up on trying to get students their money.

"We'll keep the heat up all winter long," says Thomas. "It is on our agenda with our central employer-employee relations committee. We'll continue to keep (the issue) alive until they fix it."

Thomas estimates more than five-thousand students lost up to $800 each by the government's decision.