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Posted: Jan 3, 2013 9:28 AM ET
Last Updated: Jan 3, 2013 10:09 AM ET
Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten speaks to reporters in Toronto on Thursday to announce the government is imposing new contracts on tens of thousands of teachers and education workers in public schools across the province. Broten says she's using Bill 115 to impose new collective agreements on elementary and high school teachers, to freeze wages and stop strikes as the government battles a $14.4-billion deficit. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten has announced she will impose contracts on Ontario teachers, powers afforded to her by the controversial Bill 115.
She said in a news conference on Thursday the contracts the province would impose are similar to ones already signed with Catholic teachers that include pay freezes for most teachers, a cut in the number of sick days allowed each year and a limit to how many sick days teachers can cash out when they reach retirement.
The province gained the power to impose a contract when the legislation was passed last fall. The legislation also allows the government to ban teachers' strikes. The province had set a Dec. 31 deadline for agreements to be signed.
The move inspires Chantal Mancini, president of the local bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, to feel "utter disgust."
"It's unprecedented and it's unbelievable that the government would attack collective bargaining rights and attack democracy."
Mancini said she and other OSSTF leaders will meet next week to discuss their next steps.
"This level of government can expect a larger political battle moving forward," she added.
In December, elementary teachers staged one-day strikes across the province to protest the law. Many teachers have also pulled back from supervising extra-curricular activities, such as coaching sports teams.
Teachers' unions have said they will stage protests in 2013, but have not made clear whether this means more one-day strikes, which are now illegal under the new legislation.
"I urge teachers not to move to illegal strikes," Broten said.
"It is my sincere hope that we will see extra-curricular activities come back in the new session," she noted.
Bill 115 to be repealed: Broten
Broten also said Thursday the government will repeal Bill 115 now that the contracts are in place, adding the bill has become a "lightning rod" in the dispute between the province and teachers.
She also said the bill has served its purpose by leading to an agreement, and described the move to repeal it as an act of "good faith."
Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, is scheduled to hold a press conference at 11:15 p.m. ET on Thursday in response to Broten's announcement.
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