The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation has ordered its 60,000 members to vote on a proposal to send all outstanding contract issues to binding arbitration by October 27, ruling out all strike action in this bargaining round in the process. Unions representing elementary teachers and Catholic teachers are dragging their feet with strike votes.
It is one of the main issues the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) is seeking to address in its current negotiations with the Ford government.
The ETFO will not be heading into arbitration with the province. It will instead file for conciliation and hold a provincewide strike vote in September.