The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) is staging a province-wide, one-day full withdrawal of services Tuesday, Jan. 21.

For the strike, Northeastern Catholic District School Board (NCDSB) elementary and high schools will be closed to students.

OECTA’s job action started Jan. 13. Its members are not completing report cards, participating in EQAO-related activities, and attending or taking part in Ministry of Education initiatives.

While the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) strike Jan. 21 isn’t affecting Timmins-area schools, its members are starting new job sanctions Jan. 20.

Teachers and occasional teachers won’t be performing on-calls, members won’t take on any additional work or responsibilities as the result of an absent members except for if students with special needs are reassigned between educational assistants,  members won’t assume responsibility for finding replacements for absent employees, and members won’t perform the work of another bargaining unit.

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