Ottawa, eastern Ontario school boards prepare for possible CUPE strike
Eight school boards in Ottawa and eastern Ontario will close schools and shift to online learning on Friday as education workers begin job action.
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Eight school boards in Ottawa and eastern Ontario will close schools and shift to online learning on Friday as education workers begin job action.
Members and supporters of the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee are outraged by Ford and Lecce’s brazen disregard for workers' rights and the refusal of the education unions to offer a way forward for the struggle.
With the possibility of strike action looming on Friday, school boards in Grey-Bruce were closely watching where negotiations were heading between the province…
The Peel District School Board says all of its school buildings will be closed Friday amid a planned protest by CUPE education workers, with students asked to virtually learn from home instead.
Ontario's heavy-handed attack on workers’ rights, which circumvents Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, poses a serious threat to labour movements and could set a precedent for dismantling the foundations of collective bargaining, reports Jeff Shantz.