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More layoffs coming for employees who worked at Ontario Science Centre
5 minute read 3:00 AM CDTTORONTO - More workers at the Ontario Science Centre are set to lose their jobs as the abruptly shuttered east-Toronto attraction contemplates a move to a temporary home, potentially in a neighbouring city.
Dexterra Group, which provided cleaning services for the attraction, sent a letter to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union last week, saying 28 employees will lose their jobs by Oct. 31.
The science centre has terminated its cleaning services agreement with Dexterra and that triggered the layoff notice, the company said in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press.
The employees were given the news on Friday.
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