As you may know, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) teachers and education workers will participate in a one-day, province-wide full withdrawal of services – a strike action – on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, if OSSTF has not reached a new collective agreement with the Government of Ontario.
At HWDSB, OSSTF represents permanent and occasional secondary school teachers, as well as office clerical staff in elementary and secondary schools, technical staff, professional student services personnel including behaviour analysts, speech and language, psycho-educational consultants, a kinesiologist, social workers and English as a Second Language instructors.
Labour developments can happen quickly so please watch for updates. We are not aware of further OSSTF job actions or job actions by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). Find updates on our website at www.hwdsb.on.ca or on HWDSB’s social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Please see the following overview of impacts in our schools if there is a full withdrawal of service on Wednesday, Dec. 4:
| Impacts in secondary schools if one-day strike action occurs Dec. 4. Cancellations will end Dec. 5. |
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| Impacts in elementary schools if one-day strike action occurs Dec. 4. Cancellations will end Dec. 5. |
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As HWDSB implements contingency measures, we will keep families informed as labour developments occur. We will do this in a variety of ways, but will post all updates on our Labour Updates web page at www.hwdsb.on.ca/about/labour-update/
We recognize that strike actions put families in a difficult position. We remain hopeful that an agreement may be reached in the coming days. We remain focused on the learning and well-being of our students.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time of uncertainty.
Sincerely,
Alex Johnstone
Chair of the Board
Manny Figueiredo
Director of Education