Family members of people living in a Greater Toronto Area group home say they are worried for their loved ones’ well-being as the home’s management is providing limited information as to how their loved ones will be cared for after support workers walked off the job earlier this week.

Support staff at Central West Specialized Development Services — a provincially funded supportive living community for adults with developmental disabilities — walked off the job on Wednesday evening more than 40 days after CWSDS management requested a no-board report from Ontario’s Ministry of Labour.

The workers, who are represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 249, have been replaced in the meantime by third-party agency staff who will care for residents while the strike is ong

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