The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation declared additional removals of noon-hour supervision in Saskatchewan for Monday and Tuesday as part of its ongoing job action.
Monday’s removal will impact the North East School Division, Prairie Spirit School Division and Regina Catholic School Division.
Tuesday’s removal will affect:
- Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division
- Good Spirit School Division
- Île-à-la-Crosse School Division
- Northern Lights School Division
- Prairie South School Division
- South East Cornerstone School Division
- Sun West School Division
- Living Sky and Light of Christ Catholic school divisions and Sakewew High School (North Battleford)
The STF urged the government on Thursday to “accept binding arbitration to address the contentious issues of class size and complexity.”
Binding arbitration would involve a submission of the dispute to a neutral party, who would provide recommendations to the province and the union.
The provincial government rejected the proposal within a few hours.
“I think school boards understand their school communities best,” Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill said.
“I think school divisions want to find ways to support students and teachers, but they need to have the autonomy to do that in their local school communities.”
— with Files from Global News’ Andrew Benson
