High school teachers and education workers in Mississauga and Brampton will be going on a one-day strike on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) announced on Friday, Jan. 3, that teachers and education workers at Peel District School Board would be one participating in “full withdrawal of services” for one day.

Carla Pereira, director of communications from the Peel board, said all secondary schools in the district would be closed to students on Jan. 8, unless talks progress between the teacher’s union and the province.

The secondary schools are set to reopen Jan. 9, while all elementary schools remain open to students in Peel during the one-day strike.

The job action comes as the OSSTF continues to negotiate with the Ontario government on a new collective bargaining agreement.

In a release, OSSTF president Harvey Bischof said the government is still committed to an “agenda of larger class sizes, mandatory e-learning, and the ongoing erosion of crucial supports and services our most vulnerable students rely on for an equitable chance to succeed”

Rolling strikes began on Nov. 26 and will continue provincewide, the release said.

“Our job action next Wednesday will affect some school boards for one day, but the Ford government’s policies, if we are not able to reverse them, will continue to create chaos in the education system for years to come,” Bischof said.

In an emailed statement Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce said that the government would continue to "vigorously champion the interests of students and seek stability for parents in 2020."

"This continued strike action is unfair to students and their families,” he said.