Ontario's English Catholic school teachers are planning another province-wide walkout.
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association says their second one-day walkout will be held Tuesday, February 4th, with President Liz Stuart acknowledging growing impatience of parents, saying the teachers "share their frustration" but the union cannot accept "devastating" cuts.
OECTA launched an administrative job action campaign more than two weeks ago and held a one-day strike last Tuesday, the first time in more than 20 years that OECTA had withdrawn services province-wide.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce's decried the move, saying "teachers union leaders have yet again demonstrated their disregard for parents in this province...prepared to stand up for things like higher benefits for their members" but not "the basic expectation that students should learn each and every day".
This comes amid rotating one-day strikes by the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario - those strikes are set to include the local Algoma District School Board tomorrow, causing a four-day weekend for the board's elementary students, due to Friday's PD Day, and a province-wide strike will be held the following Thursday, February 6th, followed by another strike by ETFO members with the ADSB on Friday, February 7th, creating a second four-day weekend in a row.