Wants students in class while the parties negotiate a counteroffer from union representing education workers
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is calling on the union representing education workers to withdraw its Friday strike notice in order to keep students in class while the parties negotiate a counteroffer brought forward by the union late Tuesday.
The new offer from OSBCU comes after Premier Doug Ford’s government tabled legislation Monday that would impose a contract on education support workers and ban their right to legally strike. If passed, the bill would invoke the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause and eliminate the rights to collectively bargain and strike for the first time in Canada.
“We … remain at the table willing and ready, as we have been for the last five months, to negotiate a collective agreement that responds to the needs of students, parents, and workers,” the union said in a statement. Interim NDP Leader Peter Tabuns was the first to go, escorted from his seat by the Sergeant-at-Arms for refusing to withdraw a comment in which he accused the government of lying.Outside the chamber, Mr. Tabuns and his MPPs who were kicked out spoke to reporters, urging the government to negotiate a deal with CUPE and scrap the bill.
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