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RSS FeedsTories introduce legislation to block strike by power workers
(The Star Food)

 
 

18 december 2018 01:15:13

 
Tories introduce legislation to block strike by power workers
(The Star Food)
 


The province has introduced legislation to end the Power Workers’ Union’s job action at Ontario Power Generation, but there are no plans to deem the employees an essential service, which would forbid them from ever striking.As the legislature resumed for an emergency sitting Monday to prevent the first hydro work stoppage since 1985, Energy Minister Greg Rickford said the labour situation is “a very serious matter,” but that “essential service does not and has not formed any part of the legislation or our discussions.“We’re focused on creating a fair mechanism through arbitration as a result of this legislation to make sure that Ontario’s electricity supply continues uninterrupted,” Rickford said.The minister emphasized that the Progressive Conservative government was moving swiftly to end the dispute after the unionized workers voted twice this year to reject the OPG contract offer.“We understand constitutional rights, but we’re here to talk about the lights — specifically, keeping them on,” said Rickford, adding it was “irresponsible” for the opposition New Democrats to try to prolong the strike.NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, however, said the government has been “unnecessarily alarmist” about the possibility of a strike by OPG workers because it knows “that’s never going to happen” with the PC majority in the legislation easily able to pass the bill preventing any stoppage.“The government didn’t even try to solve this problem … they went to the biggest hammer available,” said Horwath .“There will be no rolling blackouts.”New Democrats oppose the legislation because Horwath says it infringes on the Charter rights of workers to collective bargaining.NDP MPPs refused to give unanimous consent for its passage Monday, meaning it will be debated Tuesday and Wednesday before the PC majority can get it through the hou ...


 
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