NEW: Ontario schools are reopening for in-person learning today after CUPE calls off walkout.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says its 55,000 education workers will be back on the job today after Premier Doug FordThe controversial law also banned the workers from striking -- though they walked out anyway -- and pre-emptively used the notwithstanding clause to guard against constitutional challenges.
On Monday, shortly before CUPE was set to hold a press conference with more than a dozen public and private-sector unions in a show of solidarity, Ford announced that he would revoke the law if CUPE cancelled its walkout. CUPE says it is technically still in a legal strike position, but will now instead focus on a renewed bargaining effort and its workers, including education assistants, librarians and custodians, are heading back to schools in a show of "good faith."This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2022.
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