Public high school teachers are planning to demonstrate outside of local MPP offices today, following several protests across the province.
“McGuinty says education workers should protest after school and so we shall,” says the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (Ottawa-Carleton District) on their website.
The protest comes in response to Bill 115, which imposed two-year contracts on teachers and school staff. A walkout was planned last week for Jan. 11 by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, but was cancelled after the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled it illegal.
Teachers plan to protest bill outside Premier Dalton McGuinty’s office on Kilborn Avenue, Minister Bob Chiarelli’s office on Carling Avenue and MPP Lisa MacLeod’s office on Fallowfield Road.
Protests also took place outside local MPP offices yesterday in Alexandria, Brockville, Cornwall, Perth and Kingston.
OSSTF will also be joining the Ontario Federation of Labour to rally outside the Ontario Liberal Convention in Toronto on Jan. 26.