Education support workers’ union defied the Ontario government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to kill bargaining with Bill 28. With support of members, other unions and the public, standing up and fighting back works.
We can change this precedent faster than the several years minimum it will take to get a Charter resolution through the courts.
Bill 89 in Quebec, coming into effect later this year, is likely to do a similar thing. Workers need to come together and resist the erosion of our fundamental rights to advocate for our working conditions as a group.
Education support workers’ union defied the Ontario government’s use of the notwithstanding clause to kill bargaining with Bill 28. With support of members, other unions and the public, standing up and fighting back works.
We can change this precedent faster than the several years minimum it will take to get a Charter resolution through the courts.
Bill 89 in Quebec, coming into effect later this year, is likely to do a similar thing. Workers need to come together and resist the erosion of our fundamental rights to advocate for our working conditions as a group.