Premier Dalton McGuinty saad his government won’t put a stop to any legal, one-day teacher strikes – a position that has Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives claiming the government has lost control of the situation.
All Avon Maitland elementary schools will be closed Monday, Dec. 10, as a result of strike action by the teachers.
The Avon Maitland local of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), including regular teachers and occasional teachers, are set to begin provincial job actions or sanctions today.
The education minister has given the green light to a tentative two-year deal between unionized secondary school teachers and occasional teachers, and the local education board.
An early morning deal between the local public school board and its unionized secondary school teachers brings an end to job sanctions just 24 hours after they were imposed.
About 1,600 unionized teachers, educational assistants and office, clerical and technical staff in the Avon Maitland District are expected to start job sanction Nov. 18, even as the union and the board negotiate this evening.
With no bargaining date on the calendar before local secondary school teachers are in a legal strike position Nov. 19, the Avon Maitland District School Board is preparing a contingency plan.
While secondary school teachers across the province began strike action today, teachers in the Avon Maitland District continue in the classrooms for at least another week.
Eighty-seven students from countries around the world have taken lessons with students in Avon Maitland schools since it launched an international program.
Grade 7-8 students at South Huron DHS went time travelling recently.
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