TORONTO — Elementary teachers in Ontario are planning rotating strikes starting Jan. 20 unless there is significant progress with the government in what has been a difficult round of contract talks. Union president Sam Hammond said that in six months of contract talks, government negotiators have only discussed cuts to education. The union has tried to keep its ongoing work-to-rule campaign from interfering with student activities, Hammond said, but now teachers need to take a stand for public education. All of Ontario’s major teachers’ unions have expressed frustration with a lack of progress in talks with the government. High school teachers have staged a series of rotating strikes and have also been on a work-to-rule campaign since November.

Source: National Post January 09, 2020 18:45 UTC