Published 1 year ago

Ontario schools shut as some 55,000 education workers strike in Canada

Summary by Ground News

Approximately 55,000 education workers have walked off the job in Canada’s most populous province, after the Ontario government passed legislation this week imposing contracts on them and banning strikes. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s right-wing government passed Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act, on Thursday afternoon while invoking a contentious clause of Canada’s constitution to preempt court challenges.

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The Guardian

Over 55,000 Ontario education workers strike in defiance of ‘draconian’ law

Move comes after Canada’s most populous province fast-tracked bill that fines striking workers C$4,000 a day

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

Ontario education worker strike

Thousands of education support workers across Ontario gathered to protest the government's use of the notwithstanding clause to mandate a four-year contract and make it illegal to strike.

1 year ago·Canada

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Reuters

Ontario schools shut as some 55,000 education workers strike in Canada

A union representing 55,000 education workers went on strike on Friday in Canada's most populous province of Ontario after failing to reach an agreement with the provincial government for better pay and more frontline staff in schools.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Global News

What you need to know about the Ontario education workers’ strike

Many schools are closed as a result of the job action by the union, which represents custodians, administrative staff, education assistants, bus drivers and librarians.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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Washington Examiner

Over 55,000 public sector education workers strike in Ontario in violation of new law

Doug Ford, Ontario's premier, smiles while speaking during an event. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg)Over 55,000 public sector education workers strike in Ontario in violation of new law Brady Knox November 04, 05:02 PMNovember 04, 05:02 PM Video Embed Over 55,000 public sector education workers started a strike in Ontario, Canada, in violation of a new law, which fines school support staff $4,000 per day of striking…

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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The Toronto Star

What you need to know about the Ontario education workers’ strike

Thousands of Ontario education workers are on picket lines indefinitely as of Friday in defiance of a provincial government law that has imposed a contract on 55,000 workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and banned them from striking.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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