OSSTF scraps Wednesday walkout
Posted Jan 11, 2013 10:07:22 AM.
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Ontario’s premier says a labour relations board ruling that deemed a planned elementary teachers walkout an “unlawful strike” has prompted secondary school teachers to cancel a walkout they had planned.
Dalton McGuinty says the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation informed him this morning that it won’t go ahead with a walkout on Wednesday.
It was a confusing morning for parents who had gone to bed thinking the walkout would close schools today, only to wake up to find out the protest was cancelled after the early-morning ruling.
Several school boards had already decided to close their elementary schools in anticipation of the protest, but in the wake of the ruling many boards, including the Toronto District School Board, say their elementary schools are open today.
McGuinty thanked parents for their patience and said the ruling now means teachers must keep their fight in the sphere of the courts.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board says their schools will still be closed today because the decision came too late for them to reverse the decision.
