OSSTF Picket Line in Rainbow District School Board; April 2015
OSSTF Picket Line in Rainbow District School Board; April 2015

By Angela Gemmill

The 500 striking high school teachers from Rainbow District School Board plan to move their picket lines from their respective schools to the downtown today.

An organized march is set to start from the Steelworkers Hall on Brady Street at 10:30am.

The march will head East to Minto Street, then on to Larch Street and finally onto Young Street.

Young Street will be shut down for roughly 20 minutes for a rally.

The members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation are into Day 8 of their walkout against the board.

Five thousand high school students remain home from school due to the labour dispute.

The rally and march is expected to last until 2pm and police are reminding motorists there will be traffic disruptions.

(Picture from Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers’ Federation Facebook Page; Picket line at a school in Rainbow District School Board; April 2015)