Thread by @PIPSC_IPFPC

1/ Statement from PIPSC President Jennifer Carr on Doug Ford's union busting, Charter-breaching tactics (a thread):

What Doug Ford is doing is an unprecedented attack on labour rights in Ontario.

#onpoli #39kIsNotEnough #CUPE #notwithstandingclause

2/ Make no mistake – if Doug Ford succeeds in invoking the #notwithstandingclause to avoid bargaining with @CUPEOntario, he'll do that every time he finds anyone’s constitutional rights to be inconvenient to his agenda.

#onpoli #39kIsNotEnough #CUPE #OnLab

3/ It will be used by every right-wing provincial and federal gov't to ignore their obligations to bargain fairly. These actions will erode our hard-won rights – not just the right to collective bargaining, but every right enshrined in the Charter.

#onpoli #39kIsNotEnough

4/ Let's be clear: this is part of an overt anti-union agenda from this government. Hundreds of PIPSC members continue to reel from #bill124 that freezes public sector wage increases to 1% per year.

#onpoli #39kIsNotEnough #CUPE #notwithstandingclause

5/ #Bill124 doesn’t just disrespect the hard work of frontline workers by limiting their wages in the face of skyrocketing inflation – it violates their Charter-protected rights to bargain them collectively.

#onpoli #39kIsNotEnough #CUPE #notwithstandingclause

6/ All Canadians must stand up to Ford and in solidarity with @CUPEOntario. I urge everyone to join local rallies, write to their representatives, and pressure Ford to abandon his unconstitutional attack and return to the negotiating table.

#39kIsNotEnough #CUPE #onpoli

7/ Generations of Canadians have fought bravely to protect our rights and freedoms from government overreach. It’s now our turn to stand up to Doug Ford and his attempt to trample on our Charter rights.

#onpoli #39kIsNotEnough #CUPE #notwithstandingclause