Public high schools across Ontario closed Wednesday as teachers hold one-day strike

High schools across Ontario were closed on Wednesday as the union representing public secondary school teachers holds a one-day strike.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) confirmed that the strike would go ahead as planned after the province and union failed to broker a deal by the midnight deadline.

The strike comes after the launch of a work-to-rule campaign that saw teachers refusing to put comments on report cards, not participating in standardized testing, and not taking part in unpaid staff meetings outside school hours.