Teachers across Nova Scotia are in school Monday – but their classrooms are empty as the government has closed schools to students amidst an ongoing labour dispute with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union.
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Education Minister Karen Casey announced Saturday that all schools would be closed to students Monday, citing safety concerns during the NSTU work-to-rule job action planned for this week.
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Taking to Twitter, teachers expressed their frustration with the government, and their desire to be teaching students, using the hashtag #ReadyToTeach, attaching photos of empty classrooms, art rooms and gymnasiums.
Here are some of their tweets:
https://twitter.com/mllepower/status/805748597069377536
https://twitter.com/adamjhallett/status/805753525095583748
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