There Are Good Alternatives to Teacher Strikes

Protesting teachers gather around Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce's car as he leaves after making an announcement at a Toronto school on Nov. 27, 2019. Ontario public school teachers have embarked on job action as a result of a dispute with the provincial government. The Canadian Press/Chris Young

Commentary

The relationship between the Ontario teachers’ unions and Premier Doug Ford’s government has gone from bad to toxic. Upset with the government’s education policies, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) recently began work-to-rule campaigns.