Has the union completely taken away the ability to negotiate on hiring new teachers or class sizes/complexity by signing the consent order? If so it seems like most of the recent talking points about what teachers wanted is already out the window, no? I'm just having a hard time following this because everyone has been talking about class sizes & complexity being the main reason for striking. I was really hoping the teachers would be able to push the province on some of this stuff. I've got 1 in grade 4 and two more kids coming into the system in the next couple of years and can't say I'm impressed with the system as it stands.
Hopefully the teachers have more they can do, otherwise a strike seems meaningless at this point.
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