Negotiations have stalled at the outset, with disputes over what’s to be discussed where in a two-tier bargaining system.
The school year is about to start — but teacher and support staff contract talks are nowhere near finished.
On Saturday — just two days before all agreements expire Monday — education unions took part in rallies held across the province. And they’re planning their own in-school day of solidarity Sept. 16.
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The five big school teacher and staff unions have each now served a notice to bargain, starting a 15-day countdown to talks
This is the first round of bargaining under legislative changes, removing English public trustees from provincial talks.
Teachers and support workers are expected to begin the school year on Sept. 8 without new collective agreements as the two sides…
Earlier this month, the five big education unions announced they were filing formal notices to kick-start bargaining.
Head of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says that reforms introduced more than a decade ago by the previous…
Talks between the government and the education union are deadlocked following Thursday’s strike, which drew some 20,000…
