HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Teachers Union has filed a charter challenge with the province’s supreme court, asserting the bill that legislates the contracts of 9,300 public school teachers is unconstitutional. Court documents say the union claims Bill 75 violates the right to freedom of association and the right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The union says the bill interfered with the collective bargaining process and infringed on their right to strike. It claims that their members’ right to belief, opinion and expression as guaranteed under the charter is violated by its infringement on the teacher’s right to protest or strike. As a result, the union claims the conduct of the government before, during and after the failed negotiation of the teachers’ contract failed to respect a process of good faith negotiations.

Source: National Post November 03, 2017 11:37 UTC