Ontario teacher's strike: How parents can get compensation Back to video. or They support teachers in many other ways too, like representing teachers in negotiations with their employers, the school boards, if either teachers or the school boards want to change the terms of employment.
AEFO will have its first province-wide walkout on Thursday, and OECTA will enhance its administrative job action on Tuesday.The best content straight to your inboxThe best content straight to your inbox
The Conversation UK receives funding from these organisationsMany people are confused about whether teachers get paid their salaries during a strike.
The short answer is that they don’t. The unions are arguing that the bill is a direct attack on the bargaining rights of unions in the province.“Our proposal on salary is cost of living, which happens to be about two per cent right now, but we’re actually saying it should be pegged to inflation,” Bischoff said.In a statement, OECTA president Liz Stuart said compensation is one of many issues being discussed in contract negotiations.“The details of the association’s proposals at the bargaining table are confidential to the table,” she said in a statement. Teachers get a whole lot of time off.
When an agreement cannot be reached, both the employer and the union have tools they can use.
“It would be our preference to discuss the issue rather than have the government legislate it.”Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has framed compensation as a key issue for all the teachers’ unions, but the unions have said they’re fighting against the cuts that have been made to education by the Ford government.ETFO has said key issues for its members are regarding more supports for students with special needs, addressing violence in schools, class sizes and preserving full-day kindergarten. By the end of next week, if the ETFO doesn’t reach an agreement with the province, the strike days for members will total five, making their loss of pay beyond the two per cent inflation rate recorded in December.Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) have had two or three strike days, depending on what school board they’re a part of, whereas those who are a part of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) have had two strike days.On Friday, the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) said it will begin holding province-wide walkouts once a week, starting next week.Members of the unions that are pursuing strike action get strike pay, but this still doesn’t match what they would get paid on a regular day.Strike pay for OSSTF members for the first 10 days is $55 per day, according to union president Harvey Bischof.
Some Twitter and Facebook posts claim the average annual salary for public school teachers in Ontario is 59,500
Ontario’s teacher’s have a pretty great job.
Not only do they get … With one of Ontario’s largest teachers’ unions currently in negotiations with the Ministry of Education over future contracts, several numbers have been floated online in reference to the average salary for a public school teachers in the central Canadian province.
Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia Also, It's all about money.
Please read our Members of the teachers’ unions who have been pursuing rotating Teachers are paid a salary to work 194 days per year, which has resulted in them losing about 0.5 per cent of their salary per strike day so far. Recently, Lecce said the government would maintain the full-day kindergarten program.OSSTF has cited staffing levels of education workers and teachers, class-sizes, the mandatory e-learning program put forward by the province and compensation as issues for which they are fighting.
Sign me up!). No pay? The payment from the strike account comes from the membership dues the teachers pay each month. The process for making decisions about wages (the money teachers make), working conditions and benefits is called collective bargaining.
Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced this morning that the provincial government will provide compensation of up to $60 a day to … OECTA is also objecting to a number of the government’s education cuts, relating to class sizes and mandatory e-learning.Next week, ETFO members across the province will have two strike days — all members will strike on Tuesday and during one other day next week, depending on their school board.
As of today, the Ministry of Education has received over 361,000 applicants since the announcement.