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Ontario’s public school elementary teachers will begin withdrawing some services Nov. 26 but their union president is telling parents it won’t impact their children’s education or safety.

Sam Hammond, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), said members will withdraw from a list of administrative activities that they carry out for the education ministry and school boards.

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The usual school December holiday festivities will not be impacted, he said.

“We need this government to get serious — I’ve said time and time again at the table — to start to deal with student learning conditions and our members’ working conditions which are so closely connected,” Hammond told reporters Thursday.

ETFO, the education ministry and the Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) are attempting to negotiate a collective agreement to replace the contract that expired at the end of August.