The Canadian Union of Public Employees is advising parents to prepare to keep their children home from school again on Monday, when it will hold a press conference to discuss next steps in escalating its fight against the provincial government.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is advising parents to prepare to keep their children home from school again on Monday, when it will hold a press conference to discuss next steps in escalating its fight against the provincial government.
It remains unclear whether a tribunal of the Ontario Labour Relations Board will decide Sunday on whether CUPE’s work stoppage is illegal. “Regardless of that ruling, our members have made a decision. We stand with them on that decision,” he said. “Our members are now in a situation where their rights under the constitution have been legislated away from them and where they have an ordered collective agreement that condemns them to poverty. What that will mean is many will have to make difficult decisions about whether or not they stay doing those jobs,” he said.
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