Global News: Ontario teachers one-day strike could be sign of things to come

This past Wednesday, secondary school teachers across Ontario struck for one day, Global News reports. Though teachers were back in school and classes resumed Thursday, it is far from a sign that negotiations will carry on smoothly; prior to the strike, negotiations had been stalled for four days around issues of class size, mandatory e-learning, and teacher compensation.

With 40,000 teachers and 15,000 support staff across the province on strike on Wednesday, the union considers the action a warning to the province's leadership, illustrating the unity and support for the action among education professionals and a signal that failure to negotiate with the teachers could lead to a full blown strike down the line. Already, the union is preparing for another one off on the 11th according to a separate Global News article published over the weekend.