CUPE) strike

2022 - 10 - 30

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Ontario education workers will strike if no deal with province by ... (Toronto Star)

Support staff in many school boards across the province will be on strike on Friday if their union doesn't reach a deal with the province, CUPE said Sunday ...

However, please be aware that the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) does not control the decisions regarding the strike or its remedy as negotiations rest centrally at the provincial level.” Its members are typically the lowest paid in schools, averaging $39,000 a year — though that includes part-time workers. We will be attending the meeting with the other parties (Sunday).” “For the sake of students and parents, we are not giving up on a deal that protects in-person learning for kids, after two years of disruption that led to learning loss and mental health adversity,” he said. If CUPE moves ahead with strike action and disruption, we will act to keep students in class so they can continue to catch up.” “As you may be aware from news reports, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has given notice of a full withdrawal of services on Friday, November 4th if an agreement is not reached during collective bargaining with the provincial government,” the Toronto Catholic board said in an email to parents.

These Ontario school boards say they'd close if strike happens (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

A handful of school boards in Ontario have confirmed they would close their schools if the province's education workers walk off the job this Friday.

The Halton District School Board (HDSB) revealed it will provide a mix of in-person and online learning to its Kindergarten to Grade 8 students. The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCSDB) is the first in the city to share what could happen to its 195 schools if a strike takes place. The two school boards alone oversee over 100 schools.

Ontario to legislate education workers staff back to work (CityNews Toronto)

The Ford government is planning to introduce legislation on Monday which will prevent education workers from going on strike.

Ford government to table legislation to impose contract on education ... (Globalnews.ca)

CUPE, the union representing 55,000 education workers, has served the Ontario Ministry of Education with a notice it plans to strike by Friday. Ahmar Khan ...

The legislation, set to be tabled at 1 p.m. Ontario, on its own, devised a process. It set the parameters which would allow it to meet fiscal restraints it determined and then set a program which limited the ability of the others parties to take part in a meaningful way,” Judge Thomas Lederer wrote in a 2016 judgement. [$103-million dollar](https://www.etfo.ca/etfo-action/bills/etfo-s-unfair-labour-practice-complaint-against-the-government-of-ontario/faq-bill-115-remedy) “remedy” to distribute to former and current members of the union. [Ford government](https://globalnews.ca/tag/ford-government) will introduce legislation on Monday to impose a four-year [contract](https://globalnews.ca/tag/contract) on thousands of [education](https://globalnews.ca/tag/education) support workers in order to avoid a strike — a move that will likely trigger a court challenge by the union. In a statement, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the government presented a “generous” offer and was going to follow through on a promise to keep students in class.

Ford government introducing legislation to prevent CUPE strike (CityNews Ottawa)

Following an unscheduled meeting on Sunday, Oct. 30, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the union's refusal to withdraw their intent to strike leaves ...

We will do our best to provide continuity of learning for all our students should there be labour disruptions. In the OCDSB, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) union represents their support staff." 30 if a new deal isn’t reached with the government by Friday, Nov. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), who represent about 55,000 Ontario education workers, gave five days’ notice of a potential province wide strike on Sunday, Oct. 1 after sessions with a mediator last week broke down with both sides still far apart on wages. Following an unscheduled meeting on Sunday (Oct.

Hamilton public schools will stay open even if CUPE members strike ... (CBC.ca)

Hamilton's public school board says its schools will stay open if the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) strike on Friday, but it is also asking the ...

Laura Walton, the president of CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions, says the government's offer amounts to an extra $800 a year for the average worker. If there's a strike on Friday, none of them would go to work, although an Oct. Anti-strike legislation does not keep kids in schools — fair wages and more funding does, tweeted trustee Sabreina Dahab. Some school boards across the province, including the Toronto Catholic District School Board, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic School Board may close if a strike occurs. "With the announcement of the government stating that it would be imposing and forcing a contract on us late yesterday, we are waiting on direction from OSBCU (Ontario School Board of Council Unions) and CUPE National today on how this will affect our week," CUPE Local 4153, which represents HWDSB staff, wrote on Facebook Monday morning. Hamilton's public school board says its schools will stay open if the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) strike on Friday, but it is also asking the Ministry of Education to "consider a better deal that is supportive of CUPE education workers."