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…
Ontario Labour Board Hearing Continues to Decide Fate of Union’s Strike
Ontario Labour Relations Board Hearing Continues in Effort to Decide Fate of Education Workers’ 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…
Orange County Bus Strikers Agree to Resume Work for Election Day
November 4, 2022
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Thousands of Orange County bus riders were without service Nov. 4 for the second day in a row as the negotiation between the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and the union representing its maintenance workers comes to a deadlock. Both sides agreed to meet Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Meanwhile, bus service can resume Monday and…
Ontario Education Workers Go on Strike Despite Province Declaring It Illegal
Hundreds of education workers have taken to the streets in Ontario in the morning of Nov. 4, despite a bill passed by the provincial legislature a day earlier making it an illegal strike. Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are gathered at politicians’ offices, including at the Ontario Education Minister Stephen…
Ontario Passes Back-to-Work Bill, Applies Notwithstanding Clause Ahead of Education Workers’ Strike
The Ontario legislature has passed back-to-work legislation to impose a four-year contract on education workers and make a planned workers’ strike starting Nov. 4 illegal. Bill 28, or the Keeping Students in Class Act, is applying a notwithstanding clause—which allows the provincial legislature to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms—to address the disputes involving…
Half of NDP Kicked Out of Legislature After Ruckus Over Anti-Strike Law
A heated outburst Wednesday over proposed back-to-work legislation to prevent school closures ended in half of New Democratic Party MPPs being escorted out of the Ontario Legislature. A total of 16 NDP members were removed for the day. The Legislature was discussing the province’s plan to use the notwithstanding clause to block a Nov. 4 planned…
Half of Ontario NDP Kicked Out of Legislature After Ruckus Over Anti-Strike Law
A heated outburst Wednesday over proposed back-to-work legislation to prevent school closures ended in half of New Democratic Party MPPs being escorted out of the Ontario Legislature. A total of 16 NDP members were removed for the day. The Legislature was discussing the province’s plan to use the notwithstanding clause to block a Nov. 4 planned…
Trudeau Wades Into Ontario School Strike Debate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has weighed in on the issue of the Ontario government’s plan to use back-to-work legislation and the notwithstanding clause to stop a pending school strike. “Using the notwithstanding clause to suspend worker’s rights is wrong,” Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa on Nov. 1. “Suspensions of people’s rights is something you should only…
Delta Pilots Authorize Strike, but Walkout Remains Unlikely
ATLANTA — Pilots at Delta Air Lines voted to authorize union leaders to call a strike, but it might be a largely symbolic gesture, as hurdles remain before the pilots can legally walk off the job. The Air Line Pilots Association said Monday that 96 percent of Delta pilots took part in the vote, and…
Heavy Russian Barrage on Ukraine, No Water for Much of Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine—A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities early Monday, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet. Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s power plants and…
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