The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario announced recently that its teachers and occasional teachers had voted 95 percent in favour of central strike action.
ETFO President Karen Brown says that the strong mandate sands a clear message to the government and added that their members have been working for over a year without a contract, and their patience has run out.
The mandate doesn’t mean that ETFO members will be engaging in work-to-rule strike action or heading to the picket lines at this time. Negotiations will continue at ETFO’s Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Table.
ETFO represents around 80,000 public elementary teachers & occasional teachers, and 3,500 designated ECE, and support personnel.