Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Bill 115: Liberals repealing controversial anti-strike law for teachers

Ontario’s governing Liberals are repealing a controversial law that imposed contracts on public school teachers and limited their ability to strike.

They say the change will take effect Jan. 23.

Bill 115 sparked a major protest by unions that resulted in rotating strikes by elementary teachers and withdrawal of extracurricular activities by high school teachers.

The law, which passed in September, also alienated a powerful group that’s helped the Liberals get re-elected over the last nine years.

The Liberals promised to repeal the legislation after imposing contracts on about 126,000 teachers and education workers across the province.

The government says the move is “promoting goodwill and stability” in Ontario schools by addressing a key concern of the two teachers’ unions.

Several unions have already put the wheels in motion to fight the legislation in court, calling it unconstitutional and a violation of their right to strike.

Original Article
Source: the star
Author: The Canadian Press

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