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Today, teachers are giving 48 hours’ notice of locations for the next round of rotating strikes. The following teachers’ local associations will be taking strike action on Wednesday, February 7:

In a news conference today, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation President Samantha Becotte announced that the next round of job action will be a second one-day provincewide strike held on Monday, January 22. The first one-day strike was held this past Tuesday, January 16. Despite solidarity from across the country and overwhelming public support, the government is not listening and refuses to engage in meaningful conversation.

With the Government of Saskatchewan still refusing to give their bargaining committee a new mandate to negotiate on key issues, Saskatchewan teachers are beginning a new five-day countdown to further job action. If government does not get serious about true negotiations and change course, the next job action will begin on Monday, January 22. Specific information related to this job action will be shared no less than 48 hours prior.

Even when given five days’ notice, the Government of Saskatchewan failed to return to the table to bargain on critical issues for teachers, parents and students. This has forced teachers to begin job action with a one-day provincewide strike. Today, teachers have gathered at demonstration sites in communities across Saskatchewan, demanding government return to the bargaining table to discuss working and learning conditions in publicly funded schools.  

Today, Saskatchewan teachers are announcing the beginning of a five-day countdown leading up to a one-day provincewide strike on Tuesday, January 16. The legal requirement for notice of job action is 48 hours. Teachers are initiating a five-day countdown to provide families with advance notice and extra time to prepare. Additional notice also provides government an opportunity to change course. Should government change course and allow their negotiating committee to bargain on critical issues impacting students and raising serious concerns among teachers and parents, the countdown will be stopped, and committees can return to the bargaining table.

The Conciliation Board in bargaining between Saskatchewan teachers and the Government of Saskatchewan has finished their report. This report encapsulates five days of conciliation that took place between December 5 and 12, 2023. The neutral, third-party Conciliation Board has concluded that bargaining on a new provincial collective agreement for teachers remains at an impasse.

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