Sask. teachers announce new round of sanctions

No extracurriculars early next week

As part of its latest round of sanctions, the Saskatchewan Teacher's Federation (STF) announced a three-day provincewide withdrawal of extracurriculars from March 11 to 13.

A one-day rotating withdrawal of noon-hour supervision will also take place Monday.

“While this week's funding announcement is welcome, it does not guarantee ongoing, predictable and sustainable funding for education,” STF president Samantha Becotte said in a news release Friday.

“We have said, on many occasions, that a new collective agreement is within reach — government simply has to come to the bargaining table with a mandate to negotiate class size and complexity.”

The news release acknowledged the effect of these sanctions on students and their caregivers and asks families to contact their MLA and elected school board trustees to encourage the government-trustee bargaining committee to change its mind.

This announcement comes one day after Premier Scott Moe took to social media to announce additional education funding in the upcoming provincial budget, which the STF says does not translate into the long-term sustainable funding it is asking to be enshrined into a collective agreement.

Job action already taken this week included a rotating strike on Monday.

That day, STF members and their supporters congregated at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, as MLAs made their way in for the first day of the fourth session of the 29th legislature.

A rotating withdrawal of noon hour supervision for select schools division occurred Tuesday, as well as a provincewide withdrawal of extracurricular activities on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A rotating withdrawal of noonhour supervision was also scheduled for Friday.

The rotating withdrawal of noon- hour supervision will affect all schools in the following divisions: Creighton, Holy Trinity Catholic, Horizon, Lloydminster Public and Lloydminster Catholic, Northwest, Prairie South, Prairie Valley, and Saskatchewan Rivers and Prince Albert Catholic.