Flames Ownership Not Paying Part-Time Staff During Suspended Season (Update: They Now Are)
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Are you surprised though? CSEC went through the playbook trying to find ways not to pay anything for this stupid new arena deal. Not a surprise they wouldn't show some form of decency when people need it most.
EDIT: I'll clarify, not sure how much of this is CSEC as a whole or just Murray Edwards, noted tax dodger at work.
Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
Full story.
Flames part-time employees won't be paid for cancelled shifts | Calgary Herald
Even the quote from the email is like “hey we don’t want to give you anything but we are required by law to pay you for at least one missed shift”.
After seeing other owners step up and do the “right” thing, this is a bit disappointing.
Flames part-time employees won't be paid for cancelled shifts | Calgary Herald
Even the quote from the email is like “hey we don’t want to give you anything but we are required by law to pay you for at least one missed shift”.
After seeing other owners step up and do the “right” thing, this is a bit disappointing.
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Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
Perfect chance for Katz to step up and pay his employees (or just top up their EI) and make the Flames ownership do the right thing because of social pressure.
Dack
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f***ing cheapskates. I'm not surprised, giving these goofs public money was a mistake.
This City has given them support through years of being a mediocre team with no light at the end of the tunnel and they give the bare minimum back (all teams have and do charity in their cities).
19 year old Zion Williamson is covering the Pelicans arena staffs pay as long as the NBA season is suspended. Our ownership worth a couple billion collectively won't even provide a small token amount for their own employees.
This City has given them support through years of being a mediocre team with no light at the end of the tunnel and they give the bare minimum back (all teams have and do charity in their cities).
19 year old Zion Williamson is covering the Pelicans arena staffs pay as long as the NBA season is suspended. Our ownership worth a couple billion collectively won't even provide a small token amount for their own employees.
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Hey HFboards team,
I posted in another COVID-19 thread regarding jobs yesterday.
Fans should be livid at this decision by Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation ownership. I try to avoid posting about it because I don't like drawing attention to my private life in public forums, but I have worked for the NHL at the Saddledome for the past 5 seasons.
Despite the work "only being" event/part-time positions, many of your favourite ushers, security guards, concessions workers, bartenders, etc. rely on the fairly average/meagre paycheque that comes from the CSEC over the course of the season. Many take the job to supplement their primary source of income, and some rely on it as their primary source of income as a good number of staffers are actually retirement age and looked to the CSEC as an important contributor to their personal financial needs.
Make no mistake - the hockey games, basketball games, concerts, and any other event would not be the experience that it is for you, the guest, without the efforts of hundreds of these event/part-time workers. While we should all understand that CSEC is not legally required to provide aforementioned paycheques, I would remind you that the City of Calgary and its taxpaying citizens are not required to provide $300m in public money for development of their private enterprise, as has been promised in the new arena deal.
I want to make it clear - this isn't about me. I work there for fun, to be a part of the crowd when an overtime winner is scored or when a cool concert act comes to town. I've met a lot of great folks who, like me, are happy to show up to work there - but they need that paycheque. Please let your feelings be heard via your local political representative, social media, or communicating with CSEC directly.
I posted in another COVID-19 thread regarding jobs yesterday.
Fans should be livid at this decision by Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation ownership. I try to avoid posting about it because I don't like drawing attention to my private life in public forums, but I have worked for the NHL at the Saddledome for the past 5 seasons.
Despite the work "only being" event/part-time positions, many of your favourite ushers, security guards, concessions workers, bartenders, etc. rely on the fairly average/meagre paycheque that comes from the CSEC over the course of the season. Many take the job to supplement their primary source of income, and some rely on it as their primary source of income as a good number of staffers are actually retirement age and looked to the CSEC as an important contributor to their personal financial needs.
Make no mistake - the hockey games, basketball games, concerts, and any other event would not be the experience that it is for you, the guest, without the efforts of hundreds of these event/part-time workers. While we should all understand that CSEC is not legally required to provide aforementioned paycheques, I would remind you that the City of Calgary and its taxpaying citizens are not required to provide $300m in public money for development of their private enterprise, as has been promised in the new arena deal.
I want to make it clear - this isn't about me. I work there for fun, to be a part of the crowd when an overtime winner is scored or when a cool concert act comes to town. I've met a lot of great folks who, like me, are happy to show up to work there - but they need that paycheque. Please let your feelings be heard via your local political representative, social media, or communicating with CSEC directly.
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Canucks "fan" here (difficult to call myself a fan of a team owned by greedy billionaires in this time).
Canucks have a "program" where they will assist based on "individual need". No idea how they assess that. There's no transparency or anything. And this in a time of a global pandemic. Shameful behavior from the already excessively wealthy.
Let's put team fandom aside and show solidarity with all arena staffs being screwed over by this. Any ideas on what we as hockey fans can do to show support, and pressure the owners into doing what is right?
Canucks have a "program" where they will assist based on "individual need". No idea how they assess that. There's no transparency or anything. And this in a time of a global pandemic. Shameful behavior from the already excessively wealthy.
Let's put team fandom aside and show solidarity with all arena staffs being screwed over by this. Any ideas on what we as hockey fans can do to show support, and pressure the owners into doing what is right?
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shameful 
sad to see that Toronto is the only Canadian team willing to pay the employees so far :/
sad to see that Toronto is the only Canadian team willing to pay the employees so far :/
Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
Calgary Flames make the wrong choice in refusing to pay employees during COVID-19 pandemic
Describes my feelings pretty concisely:
Describes my feelings pretty concisely:
The Vinik's for reference, are worth about 600M. Murray Edwards alone is worth 1.5 billion (as of 2019). Absolutely shameful.
And it's interesting to see that the vast majority of owners who aren't stepping up for their employees represent the franchises that have struggled to escape mediocrity. It's not a coincidence. I've pointed it out before but with this kind of message from the top, it's not surprising that the Flames are where they are.
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Probably try to squeeze some more money from the tax payers....bunch of greedy people in it for the money only.
Funny thing is plenty of people put up with their mediocre product ...
Funny thing is plenty of people put up with their mediocre product ...
Why am I only seeing posts on my news feed about the flames owners not paying the hourly employees during the suspended season? There must be other owners doing this aswell. Why are we taking all the heat here?
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Interwebz are spying on you under the guise of "suggested content".
Anyone know how much in wages they are trying to save?
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Well this is disappointing to say the least. I feel like King would have pushed to get the workers their wages guaranteed.
Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
Minimum wage x 4 hours (ish?) x number of employees (per event) x number of events
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Fig
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It's like 7 games isn't it? And 300 part time employees per game? I was guessing around 500K-1 mil, but I didn't know if someone had a more accurate calculation.
One guy said 1200-1400 loss. If that's true, x 300 employees means it's around $400K ish?
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