The Ontario government intends to appeal a court's decision that struck down a controversial bill that limited wages for public sector workers.
Last September, groups representing thousands of public sector employeesThe groups argued the bill violates a section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that protects meaningful collective bargaining.with the groups' ability to bargain for job security, benefits and seniority.
Interim leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario, John Fraser, also urged the government not to appeal. Earlier today, Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, tweeted it will be"seeking remedies for affected members" in response to today's court decision. The court’s decision comes after frontline health-care workers held a rally outside of Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital Tuesday afternoon to continue their fight for better wages and more staffing to address the ongoing hospital crisis across the province.
An Ontario court has struck down a Ford government bill that limited wages for public sector workers. “I just think we need some respect. Like a 24-cent an hour raise after what we've been through over COVID, these last three years have been horrible. And they're saying they're going to give us 24 cents. Come on,” Paul Johnson, a personal support worker, told CP24.
“We ain't failing here. It's Doug Ford and his plan that is failing. Each and every one of us, we aren’t treated with respect, the protection and the pay that we deserve and so today we say enough is enough,” Sanjay Thapa, SEIU chief steward, said.
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