Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Teachers In Legal Strike Position This Month

Elementary and High School teachers in the Rainy River District will be in a legal strike position November 22.

This after their unions and the Rainy River District District School Board recommended a Ministry of Labour conciliator issue a no-board report in their contract talks.

Board chair Mike Lewis says its was really no surprise.

Lewis says while Bill 115 takes the right to strike away, teachers are still permitted to set up pickets under the Labour Relations Act.

The board is now preparing for the possibility of those pickets being set up in front of schools.