Education workers agree to end strike in Canada's Ontario

FILE PHOTO: A teacher walks the divided hallways at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020. Picture taken September 14, 2020. Nathan Denette/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Striking education sector workers in Canada's most populous province agreed to return to work after the Ontario government on Monday offered to rescind a controversial law that imposed a contract on the workers and outlawed strikes.

The legislation, passed last week, was widely criticized for its use of a so-called notwithstanding clause, which allows a provincial government to override some aspects of Canada's Charter of Rights, which guarantees individuals rights and freedoms prescribed by law.