How Ontario's Teachers' Strikes Could End — But Won't Anytime Soon

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Premier Doug Ford doesn't seem to be backing down. And neither do the four teachers’ unions.

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are supporting the teachers as Ford’s government.Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, joins teachers at a demonstration at Ogden Junior Public School in Toronto on Nov. 27, 2019.

“As of today, I don’t see how it’s possible because the government is not setting dates and we’re not at the table,” he told HuffPost by phone Thursday as he drove back to Toronto after spending the day on picket lines. Arbitration Arbitration is sometimes forced as part of back-to-work legislation. Ford’s government sent a dispute between Ontario Power Generation and the Power Workers’ Union to arbitrationWeststar said arbitrators often maintain the status quo in collective agreements, so they’re unlikely to settle disputes like the ones at play in Ontario. Class sizes and online learning are more complex than issues like salary, she said.

Because arbitrators often keep things the way they are, the government could lose its fight on class sizes and online learning if the dispute goes that route, Weststar said. The government could also force teachers back to work and impose a contract with legislation, Hammond said, or it could use legislation to end the strike and send the negotiations to arbitrator in the meantime.that forcing teachers back to work with legislation is a “last step.

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