ETFO President Sam Hammond says "it is a historic strike vote for ETFO as the largest teachers union in Canada."
Hammond says teachers are concerned about support for special needs students, class sizes, violence in schools and preservation of the kindergarten program. He says that so far, teachers' proposals have been met with "evasive non-answers" by the government.
Premier Doug Ford tells our Bell Media partner Newstalk 1010, Minister Stephen Lecce has been working "around the clock" to keep kids in class.