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London-area schools to close Monday if education workers walk out
Most schools in the London area will close Monday if education workers walk off the job.
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Ontario’s first skilled trades job fair for students aims to open minds
Thousands of jobs already begging for bodies and a looming crisis as more tradespeople reach retirement. That’s the backdrop for the first skilled trades fair for school-aged students in the province that arrived in London Wednesday.
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.
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.