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Polls says it's time to make educational workers an essential serviceCONSIDER THE SOURCE
Brian Lilley - Yesterday - Toronto Sun
CUPE workers on the picket line at Queen's Park on Nov. 7, 2022.
A majority of Ontario voters say it’s time for education workers to be made an essential service, according to a poll from Maru Public Opinion.
Maru said for comparison purposes, a poll with a probability sample of this size has an estimated margin of error of 4.2%, 19 times out of 20. It was conducted with an online panel
Brian Lilley - Yesterday - Toronto Sun
CUPE workers on the picket line at Queen's Park on Nov. 7, 2022.
MAKING THEM ESSENTIAL WORKERS VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LAW
A majority of Ontario voters say it’s time for education workers to be made an essential service, according to a poll from Maru Public Opinion.
A MAJORITY OF THOSE POLLED IS NOT A MAJORITY OF ONTARIANS
Results from the poll show the public is divided on questions such as using binding arbitration or the notwithstanding clause, but a strong majority believe education workers should be an essential service.
The poll of 600 Ontario adults — conducted on Monday and Tuesday of this week — asks respondents the best way to settle such disputes.
“The public wants this solved so that kids and parents are left alone and if it takes banning the strikes to stop what happens today, they are fine with that,” said John Wright, executive vice president of Maru. “They want peace in the land.”
The polling started while 55,000 education workers were engaged in the second day of their walkout and concluded the next day when their union, CUPE, and the government had agreed to return to the bargaining table.
Asked whether the dispute should be settled by binding arbitration — a process to impose a contract on both sides — or through ongoing collective bargaining, it was the negotiated settlement from collective bargaining that won with 53% support, compared to 47% support for arbitration.
On the question of using back-to-work legislation and the notwithstanding clause if workers walk off the job again, 44% said they would support such action to keep schools open, while 56% insisted they would oppose such a measure.
Results from the poll show the public is divided on questions such as using binding arbitration or the notwithstanding clause, but a strong majority believe education workers should be an essential service.
The poll of 600 Ontario adults — conducted on Monday and Tuesday of this week — asks respondents the best way to settle such disputes.
“The public wants this solved so that kids and parents are left alone and if it takes banning the strikes to stop what happens today, they are fine with that,” said John Wright, executive vice president of Maru. “They want peace in the land.”
The polling started while 55,000 education workers were engaged in the second day of their walkout and concluded the next day when their union, CUPE, and the government had agreed to return to the bargaining table.
Asked whether the dispute should be settled by binding arbitration — a process to impose a contract on both sides — or through ongoing collective bargaining, it was the negotiated settlement from collective bargaining that won with 53% support, compared to 47% support for arbitration.
On the question of using back-to-work legislation and the notwithstanding clause if workers walk off the job again, 44% said they would support such action to keep schools open, while 56% insisted they would oppose such a measure.
BTW IS ALSO ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LAW
Wright said that it’s important to note almost half are willing to support Ford using this heavy-handed option to stop further school disruption.
Finally, on making education workers an essential service to ensure there are no strikes in the future, the majority said they favour that path. A total of 59% of poll respondents supported the idea of making education workers an essential service, while 41% did not.
“Making workers an essential service takes the hammer away from both parties,” Wright said. BULLSHIT
Wright said that it’s important to note almost half are willing to support Ford using this heavy-handed option to stop further school disruption.
Finally, on making education workers an essential service to ensure there are no strikes in the future, the majority said they favour that path. A total of 59% of poll respondents supported the idea of making education workers an essential service, while 41% did not.
“Making workers an essential service takes the hammer away from both parties,” Wright said. BULLSHIT
Maru said for comparison purposes, a poll with a probability sample of this size has an estimated margin of error of 4.2%, 19 times out of 20. It was conducted with an online panel
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