Strikers booted from Ontario Legislature
October 9th, 2009
Debate on a private member’s bill banning replacement workers during labour disputes came to a halt Thursday afternoon when about 100 trade unionists, dozens of them striking Steelworkers from Sudbury, were ejected from the Ontario Legislature.
The union members were escorted from the visitors’ gallery after cheering -and jeering -several times in response to MPPs’ comments, despite repeated warnings from the House speaker not to “participate” in the debate.
The audience grew rowdy when a government-side MPP defended the Liberals’ position that anti-replacement worker legislation would further damage businesses in Ontario.
Categories: Labour Disputes
