Hamilton teachers will wear black to protest Bill 115

by Flannery Dean and Julia Chapman
CBC News
September 11, 2012

Hamilton high school teachers will wear black on Wednesday to protest new legislation that freezes their wages, bans strikes for two years and ends their ability to bank sick days.

The Ontario legislature passed Bill 115 Tuesday morning, which imposes a contract on elementary and secondary teachers across the province, as well as 50,000 support staff.

Many local public high school teachers will wear black in protest, said Chantal Mancini, chair of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federations (OSSTF) local 21 bargaining unit.

The OSSTF has also asked its members to withdraw from volunteer and extracurricular activities on Wednesday.

Most teachers are feeling “demoralized” and “as if somehow they have no rights,” Mancini said.

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