Many of you might be aware that tomorrow, February 21st, will see all four public school teacher unions in Ontario mount a coordinated strike for the first time in decades. Many Ontario faculty associations in Ontario are staging coordinated solidarity actions on the same day.
“Ontario’s teachers are fighting for an education system that ensures all their students have access to quality public schools,” says CAUT Executive Director David Robinson. “CAUT proudly supports the province’s teachers.”
Read CAUT’s statement: https://www.caut.ca/latest/2020/02/caut-solidarity-ontario-teachers-and-education-workers
The USFA is a member of CAUT. Our CAUT membership provides us with connections across Canada and relevant, up to date information on issues facing faculty. In this way, we are part of a large lobby group for faculty, faculty unions and Canadian academia.