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Provincial Anti-Scab Law Needed to Make Negotiations Fair for Workers, Say CUPE Ontario and Ontario NDP

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a time of spiralling costs, sky-high rents, and stagnant wages, workers are increasingly taking job action to back their demands for a better deal.

Yet the absence of a provincial anti-scab law in Ontario is needlessly prolonging strikes, as employers’ use of job-stealing replacement workers puts both the public and workers at risk.

Workers at Western University are on the picket line for a third week as they fight for a clean, safe and accessible campus for all. But as the university’s bosses continue to import scab labour from out of town, the need for anti-scab legislation has become ever more apparent.

On Tuesday morning, representatives from CUPE Ontario and the Ontario New Democrats will lay out their case for anti-scab legislation.

WHO:

Jamie West, MPP (Sudbury), Ontario NDP labour critic

 

Terence Kernaghan, MPP (London West)

 

Chris Yates, electrician at Western University and Vice-President, striking local CUPE 2361

 

Fred Hahn, CUPE Ontario President

 

WHERE:

Queen’s Park Media Studio

 

https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video/media-studio

 

 

WHEN:

Tuesday, September 17 at 10:00 a.m.

 

Contacts

Mary Unan, CUPE Communications, munan@cupe.ca | 647-390-9839

Industry:

CUPE

Release Versions
English

Contacts

Mary Unan, CUPE Communications, munan@cupe.ca | 647-390-9839

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