Ontario Labour Board Hearing Continues to Decide Fate of Union’s Strike
Ontario’s labour relations board is set to hear another day of testimony on the government’s application to stop job action from thousands of education workers who walked off the job on Nov. 4.
The board began hearing arguments on Nov. 3 after Education Minister Stephen Lecce filed an application following the proclamation of the Keeping Students in Class Act the same day.
In a tweet the next day, Lecce said that the provincial government is “using every tool available” to “end this illegal strike and get kids back to class.”
The province’s submission to the Ontario Labour Relations Board alleged that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has “called or authorized or threatened to call or authorize an unlawful strike.”…