Sask. teachers to renew job action on Friday [Video]

Teachers in the Prince Albert and North Battleford regions are heading back to the picket lines on Friday, after bargaining talks stalled again on Monday.

The union representing Saskatchewan teachers and the province’s education minister traded dueling videos Monday evening, with each side accusing the other of walking away from the table.

When the timeline of negotiations was revealed on Wednesday and the competing claims were parsed, it appeared the government was the first to call it quits, belying its initial statements.

With negotiations again at an impasse, Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) members from Prince Albert and North Battleford will restart the rotating strikes that began on Feb. 1.

According to the STF, teachers will hold demonstrations across the street from Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill’s office in North Battleford and outside the premier’s office in Shellbrook, located about 30 minutes west of Prince Albert.

The union says demonstrations run from …