Provincial Anti-Scab Law Needed to Make Negotiations Fair for Workers, Say CUPE Ontario and Ontario NDP
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 |
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Terence Kernaghan, MPP (London West) |
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Chris Yates, electrician at Western University and Vice-President, striking local CUPE 2361 |
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Fred Hahn, CUPE Ontario President |
WHERE: |
Queen’s Park Media Studio |
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https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video/media-studio |
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WHEN: |
Tuesday, September 17 at 10:00 a.m. |
Contacts
Mary Unan, CUPE Communications, munan@cupe.ca | 647-390-9839
