Ontario Files Labour Board Application to End Education Workers’ Strike

Province’s education minister says the government is 'using every tool available' to end the strike

CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) education workers strike on the picket line in Kingston, Ont., on Nov. 4, 2022. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg

The Ontario government has filed an application with the province’s labour board to stop job action by thousands of education workers who walked off the job on Nov. 4.

In a tweet on the afternoon of Nov. 4, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the government is “using every tool available” to “end this illegal strike and get kids back to class.”