Great news. It looks like #bill28 has been repealed in #ontario. For those out of the loop, the provincial government recently passed a bill forcing the grossly underpaid education workers #union to end their #strike, or be fined $4000 per day (that's basically 10% of their annual income in a lot of cases). They ignored and pushed on, joined by other unions and they got the bill repealed.
It's good to see any progress with regards to #education in Ontario, even if it's tiny wins.
Now let's push to prevent the destruction of the #greenbelt and get some better healthcare funding.
#dougford is the worst.
Humiliated and under the threat of a general strike, I hope to see #Ford and #Lecce make good on their promise repeal their unconstitutional legislation 12 days after it received Royal Assent.
#CrimeDoesntPay #RepealBill28 #onpoli #39kIsNotEnough #OnLab #Onted #Ontario #Toronto #Bill28 #CUPE
Big welcome to @TheLawofWork here on Mastodon. An excellent follow from over on the bird site for those who are interested in #LabourLaw or #OntEd
He’s the reason I was able to make sense of the #Bill28 drama.
(Apologies for no CW on this post, my thinking is that this is about a user, not politics… but I’ll understand if that’s rubbing some folks the wrong way.)
Even if Ford’s government backed-down on #Bill28, this is a good #CBC #podcast to listen to about whether #Canada’s not-withstanding clause is being abused more frequently by the provinces to circumvent the #constitution
Why did you use s.33? "Endless premiers have used it." "I said from the get go that we'd would use every tool at our disposal to make sure kids are in class."
Ford ends his news conference on what he calls a "lighter note" and a story about his tie. It's the #twilightzone
So much of labour relations is political (on both sides) and trying to glean what's really going on from a news conference is a "mug's game" (to quote my late father). #onlab #onted #CUPE #Bill28
- I see a lot of people feeling deflated -- and honestly, same -- about the pickets coming down, as they were starting to build a TON of momentum. And yeah, I think they collapsed them too early. But pouring all our energy into one contract isn't all we're capable of, and the end of one strike action, equally, doesn't scuttle that at all. The energy needs to be poured back into the movement, not just CUPE. In my opinion, I guess.
- Organized labour was absolutely willing to show up for a general strike and that should be seen as a huge positive. Solidarity strikes and wildcats should be considered firmly back on the table now.
- Whether those same unions will flex that muscle outside of their specific contract lanes remains to be seen. Yes, they will join in to support the protection of labour rights -- but what about social movements? What about lifting #ODSP out of poverty? What about a jobs guarantee?
#CUPE #Bill28
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