TORONTO – Education Minister Laurel Broten says she wants to see the union that represents public elementary school teachers do more bargaining and less time planning job actions.
Broten also says any strike action by teachers in the new year will be illegal.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says there will be a province-wide day of protest next year if the government uses Bill 115 to impose a contract on them.
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The ETFO has scheduled a news conference for Friday to announce details of its next steps in its ongoing labour dispute with the provincial government.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the union representing public high school teachers says its members are voting this week on whether to support a day of political protest against Bill 115.
Rotating elementary teacher walkouts will have affected every public school board in the province when the job action spreads to four school boards in southwestern, eastern and northwestern Ontario today.
ETFO president Sam Hammond has said Broten can end the rotating strikes by repealing Bill 115 and letting local bargaining proceed without interference.
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