Source: CBC News
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Recounts for two municipal election races are beginning Monday morning, with staff set to check approximately 29,000 ballots inside Waterloo’s city hall.

One recount is for a trustee seat with the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) after both Anna Aceto-Guerin and incumbent Conrad Stanley tied with 2,049 votes each when the votes from Waterloo, Woolwich and Wellesley were tallied.

Under the Municipal Elections Act, a recount must be conducted if there is a tied vote. A second recount will confirm the results of the Waterloo regional council seat after Chris Moser lost to incumbent Chantal Huinink by just three votes.

The recounts are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. in council chambers.

Source: Meltwater
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Two teachers unions will start bargaining with the provincial government in late November, now that a ruling from the labour board is expected in the next couple of weeks to clear up what issues can be discussed.

Talks are scheduled for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation on Nov. 24, Dec. 2 and Dec. 15 for the permanent and occasional teachers it represents. Negotiators for education workers represented by the federation will start talking with the province on Nov. 20, with additional dates set for Dec. 9 and 10.

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association told members it will be bargaining Nov. 24 and Dec. 7 and 8, according to a memo obtained by the Star.

Source: The Conversation
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Five major unions representing Ontario education workers will hold strike votes in November. Their contracts expired Aug. 31, 2026.

The move signals a potential showdown with Premier Doug Ford’s Conservative government after many months of warnings about deteriorating learning and working conditions in the province’s schools.

Strike votes do not necessarily mean that workers will walk off the job. In fact, 95 per cent of labour disputes in Canada are resolved without a strike.

Unions use strike votes as a pressure tactic to signal to employers that workers are united in their cause. The co-ordination of the unions’ votes is a clear message to the government that they’re prepared to collectively pursue their goals.

Source: CTV News
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There will be a recount of votes after a tie was declared in one of the trustee races.

In the municipal election, residents were asked to pick two candidates for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.

Linda Cuff earned 2,465 votes, securing her spot as trustee.

Two other candidates, newcomer Anna Aceto-Guerin and incumbent Conrad Stanley, finished in second place with 2,049 votes.

“It really shows how every vote matters in this election and any election,” Aceto-Guerin said. “One vote would have tipped it.”

Source: Globe and Mail
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The Ontario government is hoping to reach deals with five major education unions, all of which have been without a contract since the end of August.

Bargaining has been stalled over a dispute regarding which issues should be addressed centrally with the government and which should be handled at the local table with school boards.

Usually, large issues such as salaries, class sizes and sick days are negotiated centrally, while school board-specific issues such as operational and administrative policies are negotiated locally.

Source: CBC News
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Hundreds of teachers, education workers, students, and community supporters gathered at Victoria Park in London, Ont., on Saturday to call for increased funding for Ontario’s public education system.

The rally, held at the park’s bandshell at 1 p.m., was one of several co-ordinated demonstrations across the province organized under the banner “Together for Publicly Funded Education.”