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ETFO to return to bargaining table Sept. 1

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario will return to the bargaining table at the beginning of September, the union confirmed Thursday evening.

Union has been in a legal strike position since May 10

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Members of the OSSTF, ETFO and other teacher groups rallied outside the constituency office of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in Toronto in May. ETFO will head back to the bargaining table on Sept. 1. (Stephanie Matteis/CBC)

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario will return to the bargaining table on September 1, the union confirmed Thursday evening.

The union, which represents some 76,000 public elementary school teachers, has been in a legal strike position since May 10.

The union has cited wages, class size, hiring practices and teacher preparation time as major issues of contention in the negotiations, which broke down on May 11.

Thursday's announcement follows a decision by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association to return to the bargaining table this week. Talks with the secondary teachers' federation are scheduled to resume next week as well.

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