The Near North District School Board will be the target next Wednesday, January 29. as the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) stages a one-day rotating strike.
It's one of four to face job action that day including Greater Essex County, Limestone and Upper Canada.
The school boards to be picketed are selected by the provincial executive says strike co-ordinatorTracy Blodgett.
"Ultimately the intention is for all the school boards to be struck in rotation," she told BayToday. "A lot of parents are on board. They understand that these cuts will hurt everyone."
“ETFO is very disappointed that Ford’s Education Minister Lecce has not come back to the bargaining table to negotiate key issues affecting students, student learning and educators,” said ETFO President Sam Hammond in a news release. “It is now 36 days since ETFO’s last bargaining session on December 19, 2019.
“I am concerned at the amount of disinformation that Minister Lecce is saying to the public through the media and social media. Either he is misinformed about what has taken place during contract talks or he is purposefully sharing inaccurate information to cover up the continuing cuts he wants to make to public education.”
ETFO represents 83,000 elementary public school teachers, occasional teachers and education professionals across the province.
