Hamilton elementary teachers will be striking again on Friday
- Craig Clark
- 27 Jan 2020
Ontario elementary school teachers announced another one-day strike scheduled for this Friday in Hamilton.
#ETFO gives notice of strike action for Peel, Hamilton school boards https://t.co/9kHHDNtb84 @etfopresident: "ETFO is very disappointed that…Ed Minister Lecce has not come back to the bargaining table…It is now 38 days since ETFO’s last bargaining session" #ETFOstrike #onpoli pic.twitter.com/F8NLS7KpbH
— Elementary Educators (@ETFOeducators) January 26, 2020
A news release was issued on Sunday morning stating that it has been 38 days since their last session on December 19th, 2019.
“Minister (Stephen) Lecce is wrong when he says our strike is about money,” said ETFO president Sam Hammond in the statement.
The news release outlined similar reasons to the other job action that union members have chosen to participate in another one-day strike. Issues include the lack of support for students with special needs, large class sizes and violent incidents occurring in the classroom due to lack of support.
Teachers in Hamilton-Wentworth as well as Peel District will participate in a one-day strike on January 31st, said the union.
This is the first time in over 20 years that all 4 education unions, @AEFO_ON_CA, ETFO, @OECTAProv and @osstf have moved into a legal strike position. We are united and proudly #RedforEd.
Stand with us to defend public education for the future generation. #onpoli #onted pic.twitter.com/4C9sOkCXGa
— Elementary Educators (@ETFOeducators) January 17, 2020
Hamilton teachers will be part of another busy week of rolling one-day strikes throughout the province. On Saturday, ETFO announced that members in Simcoe, Waterloo and Keewatin-Patricia will strike on Monday followed by teachers in Kawartha Pine Ridge, Hastings-Prince Edward, Upper Grand, Moosonee and Moose Factory on Tuesday.
Teachers in Greater Essex, Limestone, Near North and Upper Canada will hit the picket lines on Wednesday with educators in Durham, Lambton Kent and Algoma school boards following on Thursday.
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