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It was business as usual at public elementary schools around Ottawa and across the province Monday as teachers began the first phase of a work-to-rule campaign.
Seventy three thousand members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario began an action that federation officials said was aimed at sending a message to the province but would not have significant immediate affect on students.
Meanwhile, talks between the elementary teachers federation and the Ontario Public School Board Association resumed briefly at the central bargaining table, but quickly broke off.
“It was our expectation that the government and the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) would remove concessions from the table. That did not happen and the meeting ended at 11 a.m.,” said teachers’ federation president Sam Hammond.
Teachers are refusing to participate in standardized testing and will not write comments on report cards, among other service withdrawals the union says is aimed at putting pressure on the province. They will continue to teach and participate in extracurricular activities and field trips, among other things.
The union calls this Phase 1 of its strike action. The union said the action is “incremental in nature and will continue until bargaining issues are resolved or ETFO deems further actions are required.”
The public school board association says contracts need to adjust to be in line with new realities including falling enrolment and technology, among other things. Teachers say the province’s demands could increase the number of students in classes, direct the way teachers spend preparation time, and change hiring practices.
This is the first year of two-tiered bargaining in Ontario, with the major issues negotiated centrally and local issues negotiated with individual school boards. Negotiations continue between the local elementary teachers’ federation and the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.
The elementary teachers are the second teachers’ union to strike this spring in Ontario. High school teachers in Durham, Peel and near Sudbury have been off the job for weeks, leaving thousands of students out of class. Ottawa is one of the boards targeted for a possible public high school strike, but there has been no word of when or if that might happen.
Catholic teachers have also voted in favour of strike action.
epayne@ottawacitizen.com
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Seventy three thousand members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario began an action that federation officials said was aimed at sending a message to the province but would not have significant immediate affect on students.
Meanwhile, talks between the elementary teachers federation and the Ontario Public School Board Association resumed briefly at the central bargaining table, but quickly broke off.
“It was our expectation that the government and the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) would remove concessions from the table. That did not happen and the meeting ended at 11 a.m.,” said teachers’ federation president Sam Hammond.
Teachers are refusing to participate in standardized testing and will not write comments on report cards, among other service withdrawals the union says is aimed at putting pressure on the province. They will continue to teach and participate in extracurricular activities and field trips, among other things.
The union calls this Phase 1 of its strike action. The union said the action is “incremental in nature and will continue until bargaining issues are resolved or ETFO deems further actions are required.”
The public school board association says contracts need to adjust to be in line with new realities including falling enrolment and technology, among other things. Teachers say the province’s demands could increase the number of students in classes, direct the way teachers spend preparation time, and change hiring practices.
This is the first year of two-tiered bargaining in Ontario, with the major issues negotiated centrally and local issues negotiated with individual school boards. Negotiations continue between the local elementary teachers’ federation and the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.
The elementary teachers are the second teachers’ union to strike this spring in Ontario. High school teachers in Durham, Peel and near Sudbury have been off the job for weeks, leaving thousands of students out of class. Ottawa is one of the boards targeted for a possible public high school strike, but there has been no word of when or if that might happen.
Catholic teachers have also voted in favour of strike action.
epayne@ottawacitizen.com
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