And contrary to what the minister said, these funds flowed through school boards, not unions.”“Minister Lecce has not reversed the class size increases in grades 4-8, which remain the largest in the system,” added Hammond. “If the unions reject this most recent, student-centric offer, parents should rightly be asking what exactly are the priorities of the unions.”In a statement released earlier in the day, OECTA President Liz Stuart slammed the government and claimed that they did not have the best interest of students and public education at heart.“Since well before Christmas, the OECTA Provincial Bargaining Team has informed the government that while we strongly object to their unconstitutional wage restraint legislation, and retain our fundamental right to challenge it through the courts, we are prepared to accept the salary they have offered at the bargaining table, in order to bring stability and certainty into our schools for our students and parents,” Stuarts statement reads. Talks between the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) and the government appeared to have broken down again.. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has announced that all of its members will be engaging in a one-day strike on Tuesday, February 4. This is in addition to rotating strikes across the province next week—meaning many students will be out of class for two days. Today, Friday, February 28th, 2020, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to OECTA’s announced one-day, province-wide strike: “Strikes by the teachers’ unions have resulted in millions of student days lost.
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association also held province-wide one-day strikes on Jan. 21 and Feb. 4. Members of OECTA will take part in Friday’s province-wide strike by all four major teachers unions. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has indicated that it will engage in two upcoming strike days unless a tentative agreement is reached with the Ontario government and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has indicated that it will engage in two upcoming strike days unless a tentative agreement is reached with the Ontario government and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association. A vacant desksa are pictured at the front of a empty classroom is pictured at McGee Secondary school in Vancouver on Sept. 5, 2014. Members of OECTA will take part in Friday’s province-wide strike by all four major teachers unions.
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association says if an agreement is not reached, it will begin rotating “full withdrawals of service” the week of Feb. 24. English Catholic teachers are set to launch rotating one-day strikes in all school boards across Ontario. 0 Members of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association and the Association des enseignanes et des enseignants franco-Ontariens will engage in a one-day strike to back demands for a new contract. OECTA announces more rotating strike days Members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association picket outside (January 21, 2020).