Starting Monday, ETFO educators will escalate from rotating strikes in a handful of boards each day to rotating strikes in each board every week, PLUS a one day province-wide strike each week.
That’s if a deal with the province can’t be reached by the end of the month.
Simcoe County District elementary teachers are scheduled to participate in job action next Wednesday, Feb. 5 as well as a one-day strike Thursday, Feb. 6.
Meanwhile, the Trillium Lakelands District School Board will be affected by the Monday, Feb. 3 strike, as well as the province-wide walk out on Thursday.
According to the release from ETFO, rotating strikes will take place as follows:
- February 3rd: One-day strikes in Bluewater, Grand Erie, Halton, Ontario North East, Renfrew County, Superior Greenstone and Trillium Lakelands school boards
- February 4th: One-day strikes in Avon Maitland, Durham, Durham Catholic, Hastings-Prince Edward, Lambton Kent, Peel, Rainbow, Thames Valley and Upper Grand school boards and Campbell Children’s School Authority.
- February 5th: One-day strikes in Kawartha Pine Ridge, Keewatin-Patricia, Lakehead, Near North, Ottawa-Carleton, Penetanguishene Protestant Separate, Rainy River, Simcoe County and Upper Canada school boards and Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre.
- February 6th: One-day province-wide strike of all 83,000 ETFO members
- February 7th: One-day strikes in Algoma, Greater Essex County, Hamilton-Wentworth, Limestone, Niagara, Toronto, Toronto Catholic, Waterloo and York Region school boards as well as Bloorview, John McGivney Children’s Centre, KidsAbility,Moosonee, Moose Factory and Niagara Peninsula Children’s Centre school authorities.
For the latest on job action from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, please click here.
The OECTA, representing English Catholic teachers from J.K. to Gr. 12, has announced that it will hold another one-day province-wide walkout on Tuesday, Feb 4.
