Tag: Education
Province reaches tentative deal with Ontario Council of Education Workers
The provincial government has reached a tentative deal with 7,000 school support staff who are represented by the Ontario Council of Education Workers
Fewer teachers able to meet daily physical activity goal for students: Study
Fewer than one in four teachers say they can meet Ontario’s mandatory standard for pupils’ physical activity, says a Western University researcher.
Baranyai: Populism overtakes pragmatism in Smith’s Alberta
Five of the brightest cities in Canada, measured in average hours of sun, reside in the triangle between Calgary, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, Alta. So it’s mildly amusing to note Alberta’s new premier, Danielle Smith, essentially clinched the United Conservative Party leadership by vowing to tell Ottawa to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
Results of education workers’ ratification vote to be announced Monday
Ontario education workers will announce at 10 a.m. on Monday whether the tentative deal they reached with the Ford government will be ratified.
Lecce ‘grateful’ for education support workers as vote gets underway
The education minister said he would respect the outcome of the vote.
Letters to the Editor: November 18, 2022
Education essential
Doug Ford: ‘Improved’ contract offer looms for education workers
The Ontario government is presenting an “improved” offer to the union representing 55,000 education workers, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday as bargaining resumed and staff returned to their jobs following a walkout that shut schools.
REMEMBRANCE DAY: Without vets, how will schoolkids learn about world wars?
For generations, First and Second world war veterans spent the days leading up to Remembrance Day visiting local schools and engaging students with their wartime stories.
Labour minister calls for calm as protesters picket lunchtime event in London
Labour Minister Monte McNaughton is calling for calm and said the best deals are reached at the bargaining table at a lunchtime event in south London picketed by striking education workers and their supporters.
We asked: Why are you on the CUPE picket line?
About 55,000 Ontario education workers, including about 5,000 in the London region, walked off the job Friday to back contract demands and protest a bill passed Thursday by the provincial government that imposed a new deal on them and banned a strike.