Sask. teachers job action set to continue heading into Easter break [Video]

Saskatchewan teachers’ job action will continue next week with a provincewide four day pause of extracurricular activities heading into the Easter break for students.

Noon-hour supervision will also be pulled on Monday (March 25) by six local teachers’ associations, the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) said in a news release Friday.

“For weeks we have made it clear that job action would escalate if government continued its refusal to negotiate or agree to binding arbitration on class size and complexity – the issue that is most important to teachers,” STF president Samantha Becotte said in the release.

As Becotte made the announcement and fielded questions from reporters, the province sent out a statement from Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill.

Cockrill said he was “extremely disappointed” by the STF’s announcement Friday, adding a comment he previously made on a radio talk show program.

“Not only have we moved on many of the items …