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TORONTO — Most Ontario high school teachers are putting off job action that would have seen them skip staff meetings and sit out standardized tests.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation had instructed its members who are in a legal strike position to take what it calls “administrative” job action on Wednesday, but said it’s postponing the sanctions until just before midnight Sunday.

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The union has been talking with the government in the “interest of going forward and seeking resolutions to the challenges facing the education sector,” OSSTF president Ken Coran said late Tuesday in a release.

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The union plans to meet with government officials on Wednesday to “fast track to potential resolutions,” he said.

OSSTF, which represents about 60,000 members, is among three unions which have been fuming over the new anti-strike law brought in by the cash-strapped Liberal government, which also cuts benefits and freezes the wages of senior teachers.