{"id":50602,"date":"2019-12-04T10:57:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=50602"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:57:14","slug":"ontario-high-schools-close-as-teachers-stage-1-day-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/local\/gta\/ontario-high-schools-close-as-teachers-stage-1-day-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario high schools close as teachers stage 1-day strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
Public high schools across Ontario are shut down today as teachers stage a one-day strike amid tense contract talks with Doug Ford’s government.<\/p>\n
The moves are affecting\u00a0public school boards, tens of thousands\u00a0of students and\u00a0parents, who have been left scrambling to find alternate arrangements for their children.\u00a0Some after-school and night programs are also affected by the walkout.<\/p>\n The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) launched the strike at midnight Tuesday night following another failed day of negotiations with the government. The union has had difficult negotiations with previous provincial governments, but this is the first time since 1997 its members have gone on strike.<\/p>\n