Tim Hortons heirs cut paid breaks and worker benefits after minimum wage hike

[OnlinePoker]

Employees at an Ontario Tim Hortons owned by the children of the chain's founders say they have been told to sign a document acknowledging they are losing paid breaks, paid benefits, and other incentives as a result of the province's minimum wage hike.

"I feel that we are getting the raw end of the stick," said one front line employee who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of losing their job.

The franchise is located in Cobourg, Ont., about 115 kilometres east of Toronto. The owners are Ron Joyce Jr. and Jeri-Lynn Horton-Joyce, the son and daughter of the chain's co-founders, Ron Joyce and the late Tim Horton, respectively. Employees say they are married.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/tim-horton-s-tims-timmies-doubledouble-minimum-wage-ontario-kathleen-wynne-labour-1.4470215

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It only says one franchise in Cobourg, but it will probably be all outlets owned directly by these franchisees.

[Demsrule86]

1. I despise that franchise...went there in Erie PA and asked for a Chai latte which was on the menu

for my daughter. They gave me a coffee with a tea bag in it...don't know if they thought they were funny or didn't know how to make it...but complained to the company and they could have given a damn...I never go there. And now with these actions, I see I was correct...spoiled rich brats got make a killing off the poor.

[democratisphere]

2. The weakest worst tasting coffee on earth with lousy dried out pastries

and donuts. Screwing their workers is unconscionable!

[HAB911]

3. Burger King, right?

[kysrsoze]

4. Their donuts are shit.

I'm not kidding - worst ones I've ever had. I used to travel to Niagara Falls and Toronto, and they were just plain awful - greasy, tasteless, etc. I haven't had one in 25 years. I feel sorry for anyone who has to work in one of those places.

[OnlinePoker]

5. No longer even made in the store

They are processed in some factory in Ontario and shipped out to the franchises for "finishing".

[procon]

6. So the government of the province passed a minimum wage hike from

$11.60 to $14, and these greedy, rich, privileged assholes retaliate by taking it out on their own workers? These geniuses couldn't even figure out a way to absorb or pass along an additional $2.40. Could they get any more stupid? Yes, apparently, because now they're mired deep into a public relations nightmare that with cost them far more than just money.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

7. Tim Hortons has been an enigma to me since I arrived in Canada

Everyone tells me it is amazing and a Canadian institution, but I find even the most simple order gets consistently screwed up and the food is nearly inedible. Yet they ran Krispy Kreme out of the country quickly and decisively.

[OnlinePoker]

8. I'm Canadian and can't stand the place

If I drink coffee away from home here in Victoria, I go to Serious Coffee, a Vancouver Island based chain.