CUPE will defy Bill C-39’s unconstitutional limits on the right to strike if passed

OTTAWA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The national executive board of Canada’s largest union, CUPE, has passed a unanimous resolution vowing to defy the Liberal government’s Bill C-39 limiting the constitutional right to strike if it is passed unamended through Parliament. The right to strike is a protected right under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms – a right affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2015. The jobs minister – under this government or any other – does not get to pick and choose whether

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