'We need our voices to be heard': Ontario education workers walk off the job as strike begins Government taking union to labour relations board over 'illegal strike action' Ontario education workers hit the picket lines Friday morning in the first day of an indefinite strike that closed schools in boards across the province.Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) were picketing at politicians' offices, including hundreds outside the education minister's constituency office in Vaughan, Ont., along with a large protest planned for the legislature, where hundreds of people were already gathered on the lawn.That's where, a day earlier, the Progressive Conservative government enacted Bill 28, a law that imposed contracts on 55,000 CUPE members and banned them from striking."We need our voices to be heard and for the government to realize this is not acceptable … We are just asking to be paid what we deserve, nothing more."WATCH | CUPE leadership heckles MPPs as they vote on Bill 28: Ford skips final vote on bill barring education workers' strike With files from CBC News Comments To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities)."