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Thousands of Canadian Union Workers Protest Austerity And Anti-Strike Proposals By Liberal Government Approximately 30,000 public-sector union members gathered in Toronto to protest the Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention. Charter buses dropped off crowds of demonstrators — many of them public school teachers — in downtown Toronto, steps away from where delegates are voting for the party’s next leader and the province’s new premier. The crowd roared as labour leaders took to the stage and condemned the government’s decision to impose contracts on public school teachers, saying it violated workers’ democratic rights. One of the province’s largest labour groups says thousands of people drawn from public sector unions, community groups and others looking to send a message to delegates and the new premier they pick will march to the convention site this afternoon. The Ontario Federation of Labour says more than 100 unions and community organizations showed their opposition to anti-strike legislation and budget cutbacks by the Liberal government. Demonstrators seem particularly angered over the province’s move to impose contracts on public school teachers, which many are calling an attack on democracy. Credit
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Thousands of Canadian Union Workers Protest Austerity And Anti-Strike Proposals By Liberal Government

Approximately 30,000 public-sector union members gathered in Toronto to protest the Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention.

Charter buses dropped off crowds of demonstrators — many of them public school teachers — in downtown Toronto, steps away from where delegates are voting for the party’s next leader and the province’s new premier.

The crowd roared as labour leaders took to the stage and condemned the government’s decision to impose contracts on public school teachers, saying it violated workers’ democratic rights.

One of the province’s largest labour groups says thousands of people drawn from public sector unions, community groups and others looking to send a message to delegates and the new premier they pick will march to the convention site this afternoon.

The Ontario Federation of Labour says more than 100 unions and community organizations showed their opposition to anti-strike legislation and budget cutbacks by the Liberal government.

Demonstrators seem particularly angered over the province’s move to impose contracts on public school teachers, which many are calling an attack on democracy.

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