The FFAW is calling a weekend fire at its building on Hamilton Avenue a “serious attack” on the union.
The FFAW calls the incident, which occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 4, an “attempt to do significant damage” to its union headquarters. The damage was confined to the property and there were no injuries.
The union says it “cannot understate the gravity” of what it calls “this attack” against the office.
“Though this incident has displaced us from our workplace, we continue to show up to fight for our membership. We cannot understate the gravity of this attack against our Union office this weekend and that this was also an act of violence against over 13,000 FFAW-Unifor members.
The important services that we provide for our membership will not be stopped, and will continue this week without interruption.”
In a statement to the union website, the FFAW say it will continue to provide services to its membership, despite being displaced from the office due to the damage caused.
RNC, meanwhile, are asking for any CCTV or dashcam footage from the area around 4:30 Sunday morning.