Sask. teachers stage second one-day strike, province 'disappointed' with latest job action
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Teachers in Saskatchewan are back on the picket lines Monday as part of a second one-day walk off within a week.
Teachers in Saskatchewan are back on the picket lines Monday as part of a second one-day walk off within a week.
The goal is to get the government to the bargaining table to discuss classroom size and complexities.
Something the province has said it strongly feels does not belong at the bargaining table and an issue it says has been addressed with increased funding and new program announcements and pilot projects.
An independent conciliator's report said the two topics are something that could be discussed at the bargaining table.
“If they continue to flat-out refuse to bargain on class size and complexity, which are the learning conditions for Saskatchewan’s students, we will have no choice but to continue to exercise the only options we have left to bring them back into discussions,” STF president Samantha Becotte said in a release on Monday.
Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill said that discussing classroom size and complexities at the bargaining table is a “line in the sand for the government that we’re not going to be moving on.”
