Ontario's elementary teachers' union is threatening to escalate ongoing rotating strikes if a deal isn't reached by the weekend.
The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario says - if "central agreements" aren't reached by Friday - the rotating strikes will escalate, with the schedule of strikes covering all of the province's public boards over the five weekdays, including a one-day strike by all 83,000 ETFO members on Thursday, February 6th, and a strike by ETFO members with the Algoma District School Board on Friday, February 7th, which would likely mean a four-day weekend for the ADSB's elementary students.
This comes just days after ETFO announced plans for its rotating strikes to reach the ADSB this Thursday, January 30th - the local English public school board says it will close all of its elementary schools for the day, which will mean a four-day weekend, as this Friday is a PD Day.