The labour coalition against the legislation included construction unions that endorsed Ford in the June 2 election. Ford said his government didn’t make the decision to introduce back-to-work legislation and impose contracts — using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause — lightly. The plan to repeal the bill renders moot a pending ruling from the province’s labour board on the strike by support staff. Last Thursday, the government passed the bill that pre-emptively banned CUPE’s strike and imposed a four-year contract on school staff. Under Bill 28, CUPE members faced individual fines of $4,000 daily and the union $500,000, a tab of $220 million per day.

Source: thestar November 07, 2022 21:08 UTC