Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation isn’t ruling out a strike as negotiations continue with Ontario’s Conservative government
The president of Ontario’s secondary schools’ teachers’ union is urging the provincial government to come to the bargaining table with a better deal to avoid a strike, while assuring parents that students will be in school come September.
Ms. Littlewood said the memo was meant to express the union’s frustration but the current position on holding strike votes is not as “definitive” as the ETFO. She said the government has the funds to “make sure that education workers, teachers are shown the respect that they deserve.” President of the ETFO, Karen Brown, said the ETFO has presented proposals to the government to ensure supports around special education, decreasing class sizes and violence in school and making sure its members’ contracts keep up with inflation while working on teacher recruitment and retention of education staff. Ms. Littlewood said while they are not publicly bargaining, salaries are on the table.
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