Ontario Unions
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EXCLUSIVE: Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 mandate letters demanded savings by ‘year two’Global News can reveal the 2018 mandates given to the Minister of Finance, Treasury Board and all cabinet ministers instructing them to “identify efficiencies and savings.”PoliticsSep 13, 2023
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Bill 124 timeline: The events leading up to the Ford government’s appealThe Ford government's controversial wage restraint legislation passed in 2019 and almost immediately faced a legal challenge.PoliticsJun 20, 2023
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Ontario WSIB workers are latest public employees offered retroactive Bill 124 payThe union representing WSIB workers announced "marathon" bargaining sessions had wrapped up with an agreement. The union had threatened to strike if a deal was not reached.PoliticsJun 3, 2023
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Education workers vote on tentative agreement to be announced MondayIf the deal is accepted by CUPE members, it will mark the end of a controversial struggle that has boiled over since October. If it is not, both sides will return to the table.EducationDec 4, 2022
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Ontario labour leaders celebrate court decision that struck down Bill 124The Ford government has already said it plans to appeal the ruling, after an Ontario court said Bill 124 was unconstitutional, siding with a group of unions.CanadaNov 29, 2022
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Ontario intends to appeal court decision that struck down Bill 124Bill 124, introduced in 2019, capped wage increases for hundreds of thousands at one per cent per year over a three-year period.PoliticsNov 29, 2022
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Can anyone block Ontario legislation designed to impose a contract on education workers?The proposed law plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield the government from tribunals and courts, while the federal government has voiced its displeasure.EducationNov 3, 2022
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More charter challenges launched by unions against Ontario law that caps wage increasesA coalition of 10 unions representing more than 250,000 workers announced today that they are planning a joint constitutional challenge.PoliticsDec 17, 2019
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Ontario government passes bill to cap public sector wage increases at 1 per centOntario's teachers are preparing to challenge the government in court over a new law that caps all public sector wage increases.EducationNov 8, 2019
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79 per cent of Ontario education workers vote in favour of new deal, CUPE saysThe Canadian Union of Public Employees' bargaining team said 79 per cent of its 55,000 members voted in favour of the new deal.EducationNov 4, 2019
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