Talks are continuing between the two sides of a local casino strike but the immediate outlook isn’t promising after the latest union offer was “ignored” for two days and then “rejected today with no explanation,” according to a spokesman for Unifor, who represents 800 striking workers at casinos in Pickering and Ajax.

Corey Dalton, the president of Unifor Local 1090, said there are “huge disparities on major economic issues such and wages and benefits between different sites,” citing Casino Woodbine as an example.

“Pickering workers are trying to close the gap between their compensation and the compensation for workers at Casino Woodbine which are both large resort-style casinos, owned and operated by the same Employer.”