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Contract Impasse For Ontario Nurses

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Ontario teachers aren’t the only workers trying to get a new contract.

Provincial nurses are the latest to run into a brick wall.

The Ontario Nurses’ Association says talks with the Ontario Hospital Association have broken down.

The union says a number of issues remain unsettled because of the constraints placed on bargaining by Bill 124.

The ONA is among several labour groups involved in a Charter challenge of the legislation which limits wage increases to one per cent for all public sector workers.

 

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Province Still Pushing For Negotiated Settlement

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Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce won’t say if back-to-work legislation will be considered to end strike action by teachers.

Public, Catholic and French language teachers all plan to walk off the job next Friday.

Lecce calls the joint walk-out “irresponsible”.

Lecce says he still wants a voluntary negotiated settlement.

He is calling on the unions to accept the appointment of an independent mediator.

Lecce says that’s a fair process to get a deal done.

He adds the education system has become one designed by and for the unions, instead of one that works for students.

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