Ontario Passes Back-to-Work Bill, Applies Notwithstanding Clause Ahead of Education Workers' StrikeThe Ontario legislature has passed back-to-work legislation to impose a four-year contract on education workers and make a planned workers’ strike starting Nov. 4 illegal.
Bill 28, or the Keeping Students in Class Act, is applying a notwithstanding clause—which allows the provincial legislature to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms—to address the disputes involving school board employees, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
CUPE, which represents about 55,000 education workers who make on average $39,000 a year, has been seeking an annual salary increase of 11.7 percent as well as overtime at twice the regular pay rate, among other demands. On Oct. 30, it gave the Ontario government a five-day notice, saying educational workers would go on strike if the wage increases were not met....
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