Category Archives: Bill 28

With Bill 28 repealed, education workers need a significant wage increase and funding for services that would demonstrate government’s commitment to student success

TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Laura Walton, educational assistant and president of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions: “This afternoon, Ontario’s education workers have their rights back. With the shadow of Bill 28 lifted, education workers can now focus on achieving a fairly negotiated collective agreement that meets the needs…

CUPE Ontario bids good riddance to a bad law

TORONTO, ON – “Good riddance” was CUPE Ontario’s departing comment on the repeal of Bill 28, the anti-worker legislation introduced less than two weeks ago by the Ford government and rescinded following a historic pushback by education and their allies. “This attack on workers’ rights, delivered under the guise of legislation, has been consigned to…