Ministers questions Nova Scotia teachers’ training trips during work-to-rule
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s education minister is wondering why teachers have continued to travel to professional development conferences despite their work-to-rule job action.
Karen Casey was reacting to a CBC report that 11 teachers attended a conference in Hawaii last week after getting permission from the Nova Scotia Teachers Union.
Casey says since work-to-rule began Dec. 5, events and activities have been constrained by a strict edict that stipulates teachers should only report for work 20 minutes before class starts and leave 20 minutes after the school day ends.
She questions whether there is a double standard at play, and said she doesn’t know how the union can defend the trips, which she confirms were approved prior to the Dec. 5 job action.