More Saskatchewan teacher job action announced with Friday strike

Another strike is on the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation’s list of job actions this week as union members at some schools in the province will go on strike for one day on Friday.

This job action affects Lloydminster Public, Lloydminster Catholic and Horizon school divisions.

This one-day strike overlaps with the withdrawal of extracurricular activities across the province that was announced earlier in the week for both Thursday and Friday.

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A one-day, provincewide strike is taking place Wednesday as well, with many teachers and families expected to be demonstrating outside the Regina Legislature while the provincial budget is announced.

Teachers and the Sask. Party government have reached an impasse in contract negotiations.

The STF said it wants things like classroom size and complexity to be part of the bargaining discussions, but the province has said that items like that are best handled by school divisions.

The STF asked for the government to agree to binding arbitration, which would put the dispute in front of a neutral party, who would then offer recommendations to both sides.

That proposal was shut down by the province a few hours after it was announced on Thursday.

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