Ontario's labour relations board would send a message that labour laws and collective bargaining rights no longer exist if it complies with a government request to declare a strike by provincial education workers illegal, a union lawyer argued Saturday.
will determine the legality of the walkout by 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
“Siding with the government here ... it actually sends a message that there's no more labour law, there's no more collective bargaining,” Barrett told the hearing, which ran late into Saturday evening. “By law, when we have a collective agreement, then you're not supposed to strike. And the reality is there's a collective agreement, whether you like it or not,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Murji argued the labour board risks undermining the province's own labour laws if it fails to declare the walkout illegal. Murji also shared video of Laura Walton, president of CUPE Ontario's School Board Council of Unions, comparing the walkout to one that was planned in 2019. The job action closed numerous schools, and the union has said the protest could continue indefinitely.
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