Unions critical of provincial paid sick leave plan April 29, 2021 at 11 h 29 min Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Nick Seebruch
ONTARIO – The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario both issued statements on Wednesday, April 28 critical of the provincial government’s announced paid sick leave plan.
The provincial plan would require employers to provide employees with three paid sick days of up to $200 per day. The program is limited to April 19 to Sept. 25 2021, which is the date that the federal Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) expires.
Both the ETFO and CUPE criticized this plan, with ETFO characterizing it as a ‘half-measure.’
Canada’s Industrial Relations Board which ruled in 2020 that the Montréal dockers’ right to strike could not be restricted as their work did not amount to an essential service;
International Labour Standards which Canada is required to uphold as by virtue of its membership of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and having ratified ILO conventions 87 and 98; and
rulings by ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association.
“Montreal’s dockers did the right thing. They bargained in good faith. Now it’s time for the Liberal government of Canada to do the right thing and scrap this toxic legislation,” said Crumlin.
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Eastern Ontario hospitals face devastating cuts in the near future, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) warns in a report released Monday.
Hospitals in Brockville, Kingston, Cornwall and elsewhere are facing service reductions in the next eight years if the Ford government is true to the spending targets outlined in its most recent budget, Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), said in a virtual media conference on Monday afternoon.
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Eastern Ontario hospitals face devastating cuts in the near future, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) warns in a report released Monday.
Hospitals in Brockville, Kingston, Cornwall and elsewhere are facing service reductions in the next eight years if the Ford government is true to the spending targets outlined in its most recent budget, Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), said in a virtual media conference on Monday afternoon.
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Montreal dockers face looming threat of Trudeau back-to-work law on second day of strike
Yesterday at 7:00 a.m., 1,150 dockers at the Port of Montreal launched an indefinite general strike. Underscoring that the workers’ struggle is above all a political fight, the federal Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau is rushing to pass antidemocratic strikebreaking legislation little more than a day after the job action began.
Without a contract since December 2018, the Montreal dockworkers are waging a determined fight against the Maritime Employers Association’s (MEA) attempts to impose regressive changes to their working conditions.
Port of Montreal workers during their strike last August.