Ford government kills controversial bill that ordered CUPE school staff back to work
The Ontario government has repealed a controversial bill that ordered striking CUPE school support staff back to work and imposed a contract on them.
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The Ontario government has repealed a controversial bill that ordered striking CUPE school support staff back to work and imposed a contract on them.
Ontario workers delivered a spectacular blow to Premier Doug Ford’s government this week. Just four days after ramming through unprecedented anti-worker legislation, Bill 28, Ford appeared in a hastily called press conference on Monday morning to announce its full repeal. Ford claimed this was a good-faith gesture to kickstart negotiations with Ontario’s 55,000 education
Premier Doug Ford said he believes the two-day strike held by education workers amid tense contract negotiations was “much more dangerous” than overriding the Charter rights of those workers to keep them off the picket line.
Premier Doug Ford said he believes the two-day strike held by education workers amid tense contract negotiations was “much more dangerous” than overriding the Charter rights of those workers to keep them off the picket line.
Premier Doug Ford said he believes the two-day strike held by education workers amid tense contract negotiations was “much more dangerous” than overriding the Charter rights of those workers to keep them off the picket line.