Ontario to declare education worker walkout illegal
The provincial government is calling on the Ontario Labour Relations Board to officially declare a Friday walkout by tens of thousands of education workers illegal.
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The provincial government is calling on the Ontario Labour Relations Board to officially declare a Friday walkout by tens of thousands of education workers illegal.
From why Ontario education workers are striking to which GTA schools are open Friday, this is what you need to know.
Just hours after the government enacted anti-strike legislation, 55,000 CUPE members walked off the job and the province wants the move declared illegal. Education workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) were in a legal strike position as of Friday Nov. 4, but the government’s ‘Keeping Students in Class Act’ passed just hours before.
Ontario's education workers walked off the job despite legislation passed at Queen's Park that made a strike illegal. These are Friday's top moments of the job action.
Union protesting provincial law that imposes contact, bans right to strike. Bill 28, or the Keep Students in School Act passed this week.