Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:04:30 -0700 From: Neil Fettes <fettesn-AT-cadvision.com> Subject: Re: AUT: The Internet as scab At 10:18 AM 11/10/97 +0000, you wrote: You needen't have worried. Three of the five teachers' unions in Ontario decided to call off the strike on Friday and the other two followed suit shortly after, each promising to keep fighting. Uh huh. One person I spoke to told me they couldn't speak for long becasue they were having trouble talking with such a large knife in their back. CGs Neil BTW, Ottawa is the capital of Canada, not a province. Ontario is the province. >Subject: File 4--The Internet as scab > >An interesting article appeared in the October 28 >Boston Globe about >striking teachers in the province of Ottawa. The >strike is over >typical work rules ("class size, length of the >school day, and number >of hours of teaching time"). But one paragraph in >particular caught my >eye: > > If the strike continues, provincial >authorities said, > they will urge parents to educate their >children at home > using assignments and learning aids >provided on the > Internet. > > >-------------------------------------------------- >--------- >Andy Oram O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. >email: andyo-AT-oreilly.com > ><\CuD> >-- >web: >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill//Lobby/3909/ >email: mrnobody-AT-geocities.com >post: BM Makhno, London WC1N 3XX, UK > > > --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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