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York Region elementary teachers expected to take strike action

TORONTO, Ont. - Almost 5,000 elementary school teachers in York Region are expected to begin strike action Monday.


Union spokesman David Clegg said teachers in York Region, which includes 120,000 students in nine municipalities north of Toronto, are beginning the first phase of "escalating withdrawal" of administrative services.

Teachers will arrive no more than 30 minutes prior to the start of class Monday and Tuesday, and will not work longer than 30 minutes after students are dismissed, Clegg said.

That measure will be in effect Monday and Tuesday at the region's 170 public elementary schools as teachers oppose a contentious law that limits teachers' bargaining rights and freezes wages.

Progressive Conservative education critic Lisa MacLeod said Premier Dalton McGuinty promised parents that the school year would be free from labour strife if anti-strike legislation passed.

But MacLeod said McGuinty and Education Minister Laurel Broten are not using their new powers to stop the strike action.

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario president Sam Hammond said the government will not negotiate, but adds the teachers' action will not affect student safety.

Last month, the ETFO told its members that they should write minimum comments on student progress reports.

NDP education critic Peter Tabuns said  the Liberals were warned from the start that their constitutionally-challenged legislation would create conflict in Ontario schools.

Deal for high schools

High school teachers in York Region and four other school boards have withdrawn strike action after reaching tentative agreements with their employers.

The deals were reached in the Upper Grand, Hamilton-Wentworth, Thames Valley and Niagara District school boards, but they must still be approved by the province.

Broten said she is pleased that the deals were reached.

"I look forward to receiving the agreements in the days ahead to confirm that they meet the substantively identical test laid out in the Putting Students First Act," she said in a statement.

Many public high school teachers — including those in the Toronto District School Board, Ontario's largest —started strike action Nov. 12 after the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation failed to reach a deal with the governing Liberals.

Four unions are taking the government to court, arguing the law is unconstitutional and violates collective bargaining rights.