TORONTO — If 55,000 education workers walk off the job Monday, some Ontario schools will be closed.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario School Board Council of Unions gave notice Wednesday that it would escalate job action to a full-on strike if a deal is not secured. CUPE workers had been doing work-to-rule since earlier this week.
Negotiations start again Friday, so it is still possible that a strike will be avoided.
CUPE represents workers like custodians, education assistants, early childhood educators and librarians at Ontario’s schools. It represents different groups of workers at different school boards, and at some school boards, CUPE doesn’t represent any workers.
School boards are currently deciding what will happen Monday.
These school boards have said their schools will definitely close if CUPE workers strike:
- Catholic District School Board Of Eastern Ontario
- Conseil scolaire catholique Providence
- District School Board Of Niagara
- Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
- Durham Catholic District School Board
- Durham District School Board
- Grand Erie District School Board
- Halton Catholic District School Board
- Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board
- Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
- Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board
- Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board
- Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
- Lambton Kent District School Board
- Limestone District School Board
- London District Catholic School Board
- Near North District School Board
- Niagara Catholic District School Board
- Northeastern Catholic District School Board
- Ottawa Catholic School Board
- Peel District School Board
- Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
- St. Clair Catholic District School Board
- Thames Valley District School Board
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
- Toronto District School Board
- Trillium Lakelands District School Board
- Upper Canada District School Board
- Waterloo Catholic District School Board
- Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board
- York Catholic District School Board
- York Region District School Board
These boards have said closures are possible:
This board has said some schools will close:
This story was most recently updated Friday, Oct. 4 at 2:22 p.m.