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He argued that change would divert funds from in-class learning and weaken the public education system.
“It’s a plan they have been working on behind closed doors while families and education workers have poured their hearts into keeping students safe while learning,” Hammond said at a media briefing Wednesday. ”Their plan to make online learning permanent would mean a student could go from kindergarten to Grade 12 without ever setting a foot inside a school.”
He and other officials who spoke at the briefing said in-person learning is crucial to student development, and raised concerns about pressures placed on educators balancing in-class and online teaching demands during the pandemic.
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THUNDER BAY – Sooner would have been better, but union leaders are thankful teachers and other school employees in Thunder Bay will be allowed to start booking COVID-19 appointments on Thursday.
The move, announced last week by the province, should go a long way to returning classrooms to normal operations by the fall, especially if school employees are able to get their second dose in August.
Carlo Cappello, president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association’s Thunder Bay branch, said it was news his membership has been waiting to hear.
“It was definitely welcome news for teachers and other education workers that will be getting vaccinated. The hope is we will get both vaccinations before the start of the school year in September. That would be ideal,” Cappello said.
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Bangladesh garment workers demand the continuation of the Accord to maintain workplace safety
ON THE eighth anniversary of Rana Plaza on Saturday 24 April, UNI Global Union and IndustriALL demanded fashion brands commit to a new legally-binding global agreement to succeed the Bangladesh Accord, which is due to expire at the end of May.
The Accord has transformed fire and building safety in the Bangladesh garment industry since it was established by UNI and IndustriALL in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapse that killed over a thousand workers.
As the deadline for the Accord looms, UNI and IndustriALL are calling for a global agreement, enforceable on individual brands, which would safeguard the achievements made in Bangladesh and expand the principles and commitments to other countries.
Moving to remote learning expected to prevent 637 COVID-19 cases in Hamilton, data indicates
Moving from in-person to remote learning is expected to prevent 637 COVD-19 infections in the city, according to Hamilton Public Health data.
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Unions representing Hamilton education staff say public health should do more to protect workers and students.(Bobby Hristova/CBC)
Hamilton Public Health data indicates moving from in-person to remote learning is expected to prevent 637 COVD-19 infections in the city.
Dr. Dominik Mertz, Hamilton Health Sciences medical director of infection prevention control, shared the data during a hospital town hall on Thursday.
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