A rotating one-day strike by members of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) takes place Greater Sudbury today, Jan. 22.
Rainbow District School Board has cancelled classes for elementary students today in response to the job action.
ETFO Rainbow president Barb Blasutti said the union will be picketing in seven different sites in Manitoulin Island, Espanola and Greater Sudbury until 2:30 p.m.
Here in Sudbury, picket sites include Chelmsford Valley District Composite School, in front of the Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre, Sudbury MPP Jamie West's office, the Rainbow District School Board office (on Wembley Drive) and at Paris and Walford streets in the South End.
Sudbury.com will be visiting the ETFO picket lines later today, so check back for our coverage.
English public elementary teachers are holding rotating strikes in school boards across the province all week.
All four teachers' unions in Ontario are currently engaging in strike action.
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Federation (OECTA) also held a province-wide, one-day strike yesterday. Read our interview with local OECTA union leaders here.