2026-05-11 from ctvnews.ca
TORONTO — The Ontario Nurses’ Association is launching a constitutional challenge of a law that prevents them from taking any form of job action during the bargaining process.
They say the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act is among the most restrictive of its kind in Canada.
Association president Erin Ariss says it prevents not just full strikes, but also other forms of job action.
When there are disputes in the collective bargaining process between nurses and employers like hospitals, and a contract cannot be agreed upon, it goes to arbitration and Ariss says that system is failing to address systemic issues of equal wages and understaffing.
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