A day after they started, contract talks between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation and the province have broken off.
The two sides had gathered yesterday for what was to be at least two days of talks. The government says compensation is the key issue in the dispute, but OSSTF president Harvey Bischoff says it was not even discussed. The union’s fighting for smaller class sizes and the elimination of mandatory e-learning.
The third round of one-day walkouts is planned for Wednesday. All Catholic and Public School Board elementary schools, senior elementary schools, secondary schools are closed Wednesday. The strike does not affect the city’s two French-language Catholic schools with Le Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales.
