Back to work legislation is common. That's not what Danielle Smith and the UCP did. They bypassed that legislation and used the notwithstanding clause to avoid any meaningful binding arbitration to strip away the rights of the teachers to negotiate in good faith.
Wow. Apparently all you apocalyptical Danielle haters can't read. This is NOT the first time a union has been legislated back to work and it will NOT be the first time the Notwithstanding clause has been used- both Ontario and Sask have used it, for this purpose. Maybe if the ATA were not a bunch of NDP cheerleaders using STUDENTS as political weapons the Smith wouldn't be in a position where she needed to do this to get kids back to school. PS- NENSHI IS A LIAR