Family members of people living in a number of Greater Toronto Area group homes say they are worried for their loved ones’ well-being after they were moved into a new facility without consent.

Central West Specialized Development Services — a supportive living community for adults with developmental disabilities — says it moved residents of homes in Burlington, Halton Hills, Mississauga and Oakville into its main Oakville facility in the event of a strike by its support workers.

The workers, represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, requested a “no board” report and put the employer in the position of a legal lockout position as of Oct. 9.

Sheree Burnett says her son Jay Gualtieri, who has autism and has lived in a CDSWS facility in Oakville for about 12 years, is very

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