Above and facing page: CUPE members and supporters join a demonstration near MPP Lisa MacLeod’s office in Ottawa, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.
Free and fair collective bargaining for all
workers, a right protected under the Cana- dian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, is now at risk. Concerns about Bill 28 are being expressed by many outside of labour. York University Law Professor David J. Doorey calls the bill “among the most draconian pieces of labour legislation in the modern era in Canada.” Organizations representing Ontario’s principals and vice-principals re- lease a statement characterizing Bill 28 as “an unprecedented violation of the prin- ciples of collective bargaining…this sets an inequitable and oppressive precedent for all future bargaining in which the gov- ernment may take part with any employee group, in any sector.” The Ministry of Education files an ap-
plication with the OLRB to rule that the CUPE strike, set for the next day, is illegal.
10 ETFO VOICE | WINTER 2022
This would allow the government to impose heavy fines on CUPE and CUPE members as outlined in Bill 28.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TO SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6:
The Ministry of Education’s OLRB ap- plication to have CUPE’s strike action declared illegal is heard. The hearing stretches from early morning to late night, ending Sunday afternoon. ETFO seeks intervenor status with the
OLRB on the Ministry’s application. The As- sociation des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), the Ontario Eng- lish Catholic Teachers’ Association (OEC- TA), and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) file separate applications seeking intervenor status.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/SPENCER COLBY
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