Two of Ontario’s major teachers’ unions will go ahead with province wide strikes today despite government movement during contentious contract talks.

Teachers in the province’s French and English Catholic school systems say they’re going ahead with plans to walk off the job in all schools. For here in Timmins, French and English Catholic Schools are striking along with French Public schools.

The job action comes after the government capitulated on its earlier demands to increase class sizes and requirements for mandatory e-learning. Education Minister Stephen Lecce has said the change should prompt all four major teachers’ unions to return to the bargaining table.

-With Files From the Canadian Press

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