ETFO Holding Another Province Wide Strike Today

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 06:00

By Marcie Culbert

There will be no school for public elementary students today.

The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario of holding another province wide strike.

The union will also hold a one-day rotating strike in Niagara tomorrow.

Elementary schools in the District School Board of Niagara will be closed for both strikes.

They will reopen on Thursday, but students will be off again on Friday for a P-D Day.

These strikes will not affect high schools or students in the Niagara Catholic District School Board.

Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation will walk off the job on Thursday, closing all DSBN high schools.

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