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School in Ontario:
Impasse negotiations,
pressing of the CUPE

TORONTO – “We know that they are there to talk about what their next political decisions will be, we also know that in the end a strike can be avoided by coming to the negotiating table with a real proposal that respects workers and that respects families.” This was stated by the president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) Laura Walton, present at the protest that was held Saturday in front of the Toronto Congress Centre where a general meeting of the Progressive Conservative of Ontario was underway. 

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Stallo nei negoziati, il Cupe verso lo sciopero

TORONTO – Un altro passo verso lo sciopero. È quello che ha fatto il Canadian Union of Public Employees (Cupe) che rappresenta 55.000 operatori dell’istruzione dell’Ontario – tra custodi, bibliotecari ed educatori della prima infanzia: dal momento che i negoziati con il governo non riescono a dare alcun risultato il sindacato ha richiesto il cosiddetto “no board” report che potrebbe metterli in una posizione di sciopero legale tra meno di tre settimane… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Ontario Schools: stalemate in negotiations, CUPE towards the strike

TORONTO – Another step towards the strike. That’s what the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has done, representing 55,000 Ontario education workers – including custodians, librarians and early childhood educators: since negotiations with the government fail to deliver anything, the union has requested the so-called “no board” report that could put them on a legal strike position in less than three weeks. 

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