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Public high school teachers and support staff in Ontario will not take part in one-day rotating strikes planned by their colleagues in elementary schools, but they will withdraw from extra curricular activities starting next week.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation said Monday that its 60,000 members will step up their protest against legislation that freezes most of their wages by showing up for work 15 minutes before classes and leaving immediately after their scheduled duties at the end of the day.

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“OSSTF at this point is not prepared to take any full withdrawal of services, so we will not be participating in any of these rotating strikes,” union president Ken Coran said after meeting with 300 members of local bargaining units from across Ontario.

“They will be in the classrooms every day fulfilling their duties…and making sure that the students are safe.”

The union has always said it would accept a wage freeze, but feels Bill 115 erodes the teachers’ democratic rights for collective bargaining, added Coran.