OSSTF One-Day Strike Action

Posted On Wednesday December 04, 2019

At this time there has been no agreement reached between the province and OSSTF (Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation). As a result, Durham District School Board (DDSB) secondary schools will be closed to students on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 due to a ONE DAY strike by OSSTF members.

Please note, this is a ONE DAY strike, and all DDSB secondary schools will re-open for a regular school day on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Also, DDSB elementary schools remain unaffected and will REMAIN OPEN.

This has been, and continues to be, an exceptional and rapidly changing situation, but student and staff safety is always our first priority. The decision to close schools has not been taken lightly, and has been made because we do not believe we can provide the necessary safe and secure learning environments for all students during a full withdrawal of services by OSSTF members.

We will continue to follow this situation closely and are committed to providing parents and guardians with accurate and timely information. The most recent information and updates will continue to be found on our website: https://www.ddsb.ca/en/labour-action-update.aspx or by following us on Twitter @DurhamDSB.

All decisions that we have undertaken have been made with child safety as our number one priority.

The Durham District School Board (DDSB) is responsible for public education in the rural settings of Uxbridge, Brock and Scugog Townships and the urban settings of Ajax, Whitby, Pickering and Oshawa. The DDSB employs 6,900 teaching and educational services staff. With 133 elementary and secondary schools and learning centres, the DDSB accommodates more than 70,000 regular day students and thousands more who take advantage of a wide variety of continuing education and adult credit courses. More information can be found on the DDSB’s website at www.ddsb.ca. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @DurhamDSB, Instagram @durhamschools and YouTube at DurhamDSB .

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