After an unprecedented and inspiring mobilization of the labour movement, CUPE Education workers in the province of Ontario have successfully defended their right to strike!
Recap
Education workers represented by CUPE (OSBCU) in Ontario – 55,000 workers including custodians, administrative workers, EAs, ECEs and more – have been negotiating for improvements, after a decade of shrinking wages and other worsening conditions.
More info on their conditions and demands: https://39000isnotenough.ca/
They voted 96.5% to strike, and later filed notice to strike on November 2. The Ford government immediately retaliated with legislation to outlaw the strike and impose a contract. The legislation, Bill 28, invoked the notwithstanding clause, so that even though it violated the workers’ Charter rights, it could not be challenged in the courts.