PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION COULD BE NEXT, WARNS HEAD OF ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS UNION

Ontario teachers need to pay attention to the Ford government’s move to allow more private delivery in the public health care system because education could be next, warns the president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation.

But Karen Littlewood, speaking Saturday to members gathered in downtown Toronto for their annual provincial meeting, said the recent union solidarity during CUPE education worker talks, as well as big union wins in court, show the “extent of this collective power” in fighting the provincial government.