News 1. More on the education battle • The work-to-rule job action is resulting in cancelled school bookings for artistic productions around the province, reports Katy Parsons for the CBC, resulting in financial difficulties for arts organizations: The contract dispute has meant cancellations and empty seats for other school theatrical performances, such as Eastern Front Theatre’s Dickens’ A […]
Student Power: student demonstrations shouldn’t be ignored, says historian
As Nova Scotia tries to negotiate a new collective contract with province’s teachers, it needs to win a PR battle painting its demands as reasonable and the teachers’ as unfair. But as these power games continue, the province will have to reckon with an increasingly vocal contingent: the students themselves. Hundreds of people, many of...
Lawyer: McNeil’s bid to force a contract on teachers sits on shaky legal ground
This Saturday, Nova Scotia Education Minister Karen Casey announced all schools in the province would be pre-emptively closed to students for their safety. The closures are a response to a planned work-to-rule action from teachers — in other words, the teachers had promised to start working to the letter of their contract starting on Monday. That...