TORONTO - A paycheque issue has prompted the union representing Ontario's public elementary teachers to break a nine-year record of no school days lost to labour strife, Premier Dalton McGuinty says.
“Today, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has disrupted nine years of labour peace over a disagreement about pay,” McGuinty said in a statement issued Monday. “It’s regrettable that students miss any time learning, and it’s unfortunate that families will need to make alternate arrangements.
“While inconvenient, these one-day legal strike actions do not warrant the intervention of the government and are a small price to pay to protect full-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and 10,000 teaching jobs,” he said.
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