Teachers have the utmost respect for the law and judiciary. However, teachers voted 90.5 per cent to take a stand for public education.
Jinny Sims
Yes, this is very different. We've been trying to find a way to begin a dialogue for the last few days. So we're pleased that we have one right now.
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I'm confounded by his refusal to meet and find solutions.
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The teachers of this province are not going to be broken.
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Teachers have spoken clearly. We will not be bullied into accepting another legislated contract that doesn't meet the needs of our students and doesn't respect our rights as workers.
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I believe that we had that understanding, and I will go to those meetings with that understanding.
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Teachers are being forced to take a stand against an unjust law. It's this government that intervened and passed an unjust law while we were negotiating within the rules they made.
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Teachers are taking a stand to protect and advocate for our students' learning conditions, for our bargaining rights and for public education.
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We could get to a table within hours. We could meet overnight and we could avert tomorrow.
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The FSA tests are beginning to affect teaching and learning in a bad way. Because those tests are used to evaluate schools, students and classrooms, what's started to happen is teachers are being forced to teach to the test.
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