Ontario education strike fallout: Workers’ anger about economic inequalities and labour precarity could spark wider job action
Ontario education strike fallout: Workers’ anger about economic inequalities and labour precarity could spark wider job action
By Michael Mindzak
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
Labour strife in Canada grabbed international attention after the Ontario government passed a law that made an education workers’ strike illegal and set fines for striking workers, invoking a clause in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms that allowed it to bypass constitutional challenges.
After the 55,000 workers went on strike anyway, with multiple labour unions and some of the public rallying against the move, the government has since promised to repeal the legislation, ending the walkout.
But these events may mark what is likely just the beginning of pronounced resistance from education workers over upcoming months.
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