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Ontario Education Workers Set to Vote on Strike Mandate in November
Ontario’s main education unions are seeking strike mandates as talks stall over contract terms and bargaining rules, with about 196,000 members involved.
- Multiple Ontario education unions scheduled strike votes for November, signaling potential escalation as contract negotiations remain stalled. The Elementary Teachers and The Ontario English Catholic Teachers are coordinating these actions.
- Negotiations for new agreements stalled over whether issues should be handled centrally or locally. Major education unions await a ruling from the Ontario Labour Relations Board to resolve this fundamental dispute.
- The Elementary Teachers will hold an online strike vote for approximately 84,000 members from November 9 to 18. CUPE Ontario School Board Council president Joe Tigani announced a strike vote for his 55,000 members.
- Joining other unions, The Ontario English Catholic Teachers set a November strike vote between November 4 and 18 to signal that meaningful progress is needed at the bargaining table.
- Current education contracts expired at the end of August. Although unions requested to begin bargaining earlier this year, negotiations did not commence until June, compressing the timeline for resolution.
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Ontario elementary teachers set to hold strike vote in November
Ontario’s elementary teachers will vote in November on whether they are willing to strike as negotiations over new education contracts remain stalled. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says it will hold an online strike vote for its approximately 84,000 teacher and education worker members from November 9 to 18. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association has also scheduled a strike vote in November, saying it wants to send a…
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Ontario education workers set to vote on strike mandate in November
TORONTO - A third Ontario education union has set a strike vote for November.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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