SUDBURY -- As part of ongoing job action, education workers with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation are back on the picket line, affecting some schools in northern Ontario.
This is the fifth planned strike by union members in the province since December after talks with the Ministry of Education broke down.
Union members say not much has changed.
Eric Laberge is the OSSTF District 3 president. He says morale amongst his members is high despite the stall in negotiations.
“The fact that they are rotating makes them more manageable for all our members and the point that we’re going to stop clearly is when we have a negotiated settlement,” said Laberge
Joining picketers was OSSTF Vice-President Paul Caccamo. He says he does not believe the provincial government understands the issues at hand.
“The level of staffing on the teacher side and the support staff side is significantly lower than it was last year. We’ve said to them restore staffing levels to your schools and these types of job actions will end and we can get back to the table and hammer out a resolution to some of the smaller issues like compensation, said Caccamo.”
