Elementary teachers in Ontario plan rotating strikes amid contract talks
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Ontario’s elementary school educators will not supervise extracurricular activities or participate in field trips starting next week as they escalate their job action in the face of stalled talks with the government.
“This government’s approach to education sector contract talks is a sham. The government representatives have confirmed that they have no mandate to negotiate issues beyond cuts,” Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario , said in a statement on Thursday.ETFO is the province’s largest education union with 83,000 members, and the impact of a strike would mean that thousands of families would need to scramble for childcare.
Mr. Hammond said that key issues include supports for special education, protecting the kindergarten model with one teacher and one early childhood educator, addressing classroom-based violence and cost-of-living increases in line with inflation.
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