Some Ottawa schools close as education workers hold a political protest, the Ottawa Senators are for sale and someone in eastern Ontario is $60 million richer.
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Education workers, parents hit the picket lines as CUPE's 'political protest' closes some Ottawa schools
Eight school boards in Ottawa and eastern Ontario closed schools to in-person learning on Friday, as education workers held a "political protest" over the Ontario government's move to impose a contract.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees said it's 55,000 members would go on strike on Friday morning if a new agreement was not reached with the province. In response, Ontario passed legislation to impose a four-year contract on education workers and made any job action illegal.
On Friday, education workers and their supporters hit the picket lines in job action CUPE said would continue into next week unless the Ontario government returned to the bargaining table and repealed the back-to-work legislation.
"We love our job, we love our kids, we just wanted to be recognized for what we do," said Monique Natale, an administrative secretary with the Ottawa French public school board. "Unfortunately, unless you work in a school you don't really see what we do."
The Ottawa Catholic School Board and the Conseil des Ecoles Publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario closed schools to in-person learning, and classes shifted online due to the strike.
"There's an old saying in the labour movement about one day longer, and I can tell you the commitments by our members is resolute and we're not planning on backing down," CUPE National President Mike Hancock told Newstalk 580 CFRA.
"This is huge; this is an attack on my members and an attack on the labour movement."
The job action by workers is expected to continue into next week.
n by workers is expected to continue into next week.
OTTAWA SENATORS CONFIRM NHL CLUB IS FOR SALE
The 'For Sale' sign is hanging on Canadian Tire Centre for the Ottawa Senators.
The NHL club confirmed this week the franchise is for sale, but a condition of any sale is that the club remains in Ottawa.
Galatioto Sports Partners, a New York-based bank that provides advisory services to the sports industry, has been retained as its financial advisor.
"This was a necessary and prudent step to connect with those deeply interested parties who can show us what their vision is for the future of the team," Sheldon Plener, chairman and governor of the Ottawa Senators, said in a statement.