Ontario agrees to $56.7M ‘remedy’ with CUPE for wage-freeze bill – but elementary teachers holding out
Bill 115 froze teachers’ pay, imposed contracts and blocked educators from striking. A judge ruled the law “substantially interfered” with Charter rights, but left it up to the parties involved to decide what the remedy would be.
Published Jun 15, 2017 at 2:47pm
BRAMPTON, ON – APRIL, 8 – Carlene Powell is the school’s Numeracy Planning Time Teacher and is teaching in a grade three class.
The Ontario government is going to require all elementary schools to have at least one math-savvy teacher on staff – they call them “math lead teachers” . Eldorado Public school in Brampton hasalready has done this; hired a math specialist to teach Grades 1-3 math properly.
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April 8, 2016 Richard Lautens/Toronto Star
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