A news release from the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers' Federation has been sent out early Monday morning stating that talks between the federation and the government have not ended well.

According to Union president Ken Coran, the two sides could not come up with an agreement, and  there will be job action by 20 school boards in Ontario, the Toronto District school board is included in that.

The selective strike action means teachers could start refusing to fill in for absent colleagues or supervise students outside of class, refusing to speak to parents outside of school hours and boycott staff meetings.

This came after the talking period between the two sides was extended in hopes of coming to an agreement.

The OSSTF represents 60,000 members and is among three unions protesting the debt-ridden government's new anti-strike law. The law also cuts benefits, freezes the wages of most union members, and allows the province to impose its own agreement if it doesn't like what the unions and school boards negotiate.

Unions are taking the government to court, arguing the law is unconstitutional and violates collective bargaining rights.

--    Bluewater  District  School  Board  (Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Brant  Haldimand  Norfolk  Catholic  District  School  Board  (Early  Childhood
        Educators,  Educational  Support  Staff,  Maintenance  and  Cleaners)
--    Durham  District  School  Board  (Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Greater  Essex  County  District  School  Board  (Educational  Support  Staff,
        Professional  Student  Services  Personnel,  Teachers  and  Occasional
        Teachers)
--    Halton  District  School  Board  (Office/Clerical/Technical,  Professional
        Student  Services  Personnel,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Hastings  and  Prince  Edward  District  School  Board  (Teachers  and
        Occasional  Teachers)
--    Kawartha  Pine  Ridge  District  School  Board  (Teachers  and  Occasional
        Teachers)
--    Lakehead  District  School  Board  (Early  Childhood  Educators,  Educational
        Assistants,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Limestone  District  School  Board  (Teachers,  Occasional  Teachers  and
        Professional  Student  Services  Personnel)
--    Niagara  District  School  Board  (Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Ottawa-Carleton  District  School  Board  (Early  Childhood  Educators,
        Educational  Assistants,  Office/Clerical/Technical,  Plant  Support  Staff,
        Teachers,  Occasional  Teachers  and  Professional  Student  Services
        Personnel)
--    Renfrew  District  School  Board  (Early  Childhood  Educators,  Office
        Managers,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Superior  Greenstone  District  School  Board  (Educational  Support  Staff,
        Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Thunder  Bay  Catholic  District  School  Board  (Educational  Assistants  and
        Professional  Student  Services  Personnel)
--    Toronto  District  School  Board  (Teachers)
--    Trillium  Lakelands  District  School  Board  (Professional  Student  Services
        Personnel,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Upper  Canada  District  School  Board  (Professional  Student  Services
        Personnel,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Upper  Grand  District  School  Board  (Educational  Assistants,  Early
        Childhood  Educators,  Office/Clerical/Technical,  Professional  Student
        Services  Personnel,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Waterloo  Region  District  School  Board  (Educational  Support  Staff,
        Professional  Student  Services  Personnel,  Supervision  Monitors/Cafeteria
        Assistants,  Teachers  and  Occasional  Teachers)
--    Wellington  Catholic  District  School  Board  (Early  Childhood  Educators,
        Educational  Support  Staff,  Office/Clerical/Technical,  Professional
        Student  Services  Personnel)