Ontario to repeal controversial Bill 115 today (law that restricted teachers right to strike)
The Ontario government is set to repeal Bill 115 today, removing from the books controversial legislation that allowed the province to impose labour contracts on public school teachers earlier this month.
The bill, which limits teachers’ ability to strike, has come to symbolize the bitter dispute between a Liberal government trying to curtail costs and teachers who say their right to collective bargaining has been removed.
Public elementary school teachers staged rotating, one-day strikes across the province in December.
Ken Coran, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF), appeared on CBC radio’s Metro Morning on Wednesday and said he’s happy the government is following through with its promise. “It’s a step in the right direction,” he said. “There’s a lot of bad will that’s been circulating through all the worksites. It will take a lot more than just repealing the bill to remedy those feelings."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/01/23/toronto-bill-115-repeal.html
Glad to see that pressure on the provincial government got this law repealed.