Description: The Ontario Labour Relations Board has declared a planned one-day walkout by elementary school teachers illegal.

Source: CTV

Date: 01/11/2013

Link: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/etfo-osstf-cancel-planned-walkouts-1.1109787

Related links:

• Labour board decision (pdf)
• Blog post by Prof. David Doorey
• Statement by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
• Ontario Labour Relations Board
• Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
• Ontario Ministry of Education

Questions for discussion:

• Who brought the application to the Ontario LRB?
• What did the Elementary Teachers’ Federation intend to do?
• Summarize the arguments made by the two sides.
• What reasons did the board give for its decision?
• Prof. David Doorey asks: “Do you think the definition of ‘strikes’ should include a protest against a government’s public policies?” What do you think? Why?