/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11810/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-ontario-governments-use-notwithstanding-clause-union-dispute-343306 <p>The Ontario government filed an application with the labour board to stop job action from a union of 55,000 education support workers who walked off the job to defy the passing of a bill that stripped them of their right to strike. On November 3, Ontario used the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to strip an education workers union of its right to strike in an attempt to avoid disrupting classrooms. However, many schools were closed Friday, and more than a million students were at home, as the union defied the government and walked out.</p> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:03:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 288471 at /newsroom /newsroom/edward-dunsworth Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:33:29 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261528 at /newsroom /newsroom/john-paul-ferguson Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:47:29 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253655 at /newsroom /newsroom/chantal-westgate Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23920 at /newsroom