The Ontario government tabled legislation on Monday that was supposed to prevent an education worker strike from occurring on Friday.
The 82-page bill, when passed, would establish a four-year collective agreement with approximately 55,000 school support staff under the Canadian Union of Public Employees —including custodians, early childhood educators, education assistants and administrative staff—and make it illegal to go on strike.What is this legislation?
“That means no CUPE education workers will be at work. Instead we will be taking a stand for public education for ourselves and for our future,” CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn said. At the time, a judge ruled that the government “"substantially interfered with meaningful collective bargaining" and ordered them to pay more than $100 million to the unions.
All other major unions representing Ontario teachers have indicated their disappointment with the government’s actions.Lecce seemed unconcerned when asked if the legislation could disrupt bargaining in other sectors, saying the bill is “very specific” to education support workers.
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