Education Workers Visit Picket Lines

On July 25, the President of CUPE's Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), Laura Walton, joined striking salt workers' picket lines to show the Council's support. She was joined by Rod McGee, First Vice-President, Joe Tigani, Area 1 Vice-President and Michel Gagnon, Francophone Mobilization Officer as well as elected representatives and grassroots members from CUPE education workers from Windsor-Essex locals 1348 and 1358.

At the picket lines workers shared their experiences during the strike and their concerns as they prepared for a vote the next day on a tentative agreement. A number of the salt workers have spouses who are education workers represented by OSBCU, which in November 2022 held political action days in defiance of the Ontario government's use of the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution to impose a contract on its members. The visit expressed the unity of education workers with all those who are fighting for their rights and the interests of their communities.

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Number 41 - July 28, 2023

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