The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association has voted in favour of authorizing a strike action, if necessary, according to a statement made by the group Thursday.
According to Jansen in de Wal, the province has not addressed a lack of resources, support and time needed by Ontario’s teachers in order to best serve students. “We’ve already reached a fair deal with one of the largest teacher unions to keep kids in class, and we urge that OECTA does the same by coming to the table, signing a deal, and committing to keeping kids in class."The votes were called by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and OECTA in September after both unions rejected the province’s offer to take outstanding issues at the bargaining table to binding arbitration.
Lecce underlined that his priority is to keep students in the classroom, and noted the OSSTF deal achieves it. In a joint statement released in August, ETFO, OECTA and AEFO said entering into binding arbitration “would not support students,” and it would “all but guarantee” that key issues brought forward at their respective bargaining tables “would not be addressed.”
When it comes to public support, internal government polling provided to CTV News Toronto suggests the majority of Ontarians may not be supportive of strike action.
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