JUST IN: Ontario Premier Doug Ford to speak one day after promising to revoke education bill
Education Minister Stephen Lecce will join the premier at 9 a.m. The news conference will be streamed live on CP24.com.after a two-day walkout by the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ , which has roughly 55,000 members.
The protest came after negotiations with the province fell through and the government enacted Bill 28, which uses the notwithstanding clause to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to force a contract on the employees.if CUPE workers stop striking and return to the table.Laura Walton, president of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions, said yesterday the organization moved the government to change its mind about using the notwithstanding clause.
She added that she hopes a deal can be reached “now that this draconian legislation has been removed.”CUPE has been asking for an annual 11.7 per cent salary increase over four years, but last week said their latest offer was about half of what was originally proposed. The government, meanwhile, put an annual wage increase of 2.5 per cent for those making less than $43,000 and 1.5 per cent for all other employees on the table.CUPE members have been without a collective agreement since Aug. 31.
The union is still in a legal position to strike, but will have to provide five days notice of any further job action.
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