Everything we know about the possible Ontario teacher strike next week
UPDATE (Jan. 15, 2:40 p.m. ET): The Elementary Teachers? Federation of Ontario will stage a one-day strike on Monday, Jan. 20 at the Toronto, York Region and Ottawa-Carleton school boards. Ontario secondary school teachers,represented by the OSSTF, will strike in multiple boards on Tuesday, including the TDSB. English Catholic teachers will strike on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at all elementary and secondary Catholic schools across Ontario. All Toronto schools?public and Catholic?will be affected Monday or Tuesday.
Ontario teachers have given the required five-days’ notice to school boards in anticipation of rotating teacher strikes?which means that as early as Monday, January 20, some Ontario elementary students may not be able to attend school as teachers fight on behalf of their students and their working conditions. The affected school boards include Ottawa?Carleton District School Board, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board and York Region District School Board. What’s more, according to Citynews reporter Cynthia Mulligan, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) president Sam Hammond hinted this morning that there could be a second one-day strike on Tuesday, January 21, presumably at other boards. Hammond said he’d notify parents tomorrow (Thursday, January 16).
In the meantime, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced this morning that the Ford government will reimburse parents of kids up to age 12 for up t...
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