All four Ontario teacher's unions are joining forces for a one-day strike next week.
The job action is slated for Friday, February 21st, which means teachers from all public and Catholic schools as well as french language schools in Ontario, including Windsor-Essex would be closed, if an agreement isn't reached.
The news came as Education Minister Stephen Lecce spoke at the Canadian Club at the Royal York hotel in Toronto where hundreds of elementary teachers protested outside.
Public Elementary Teachers Union (ETFO) Sam Hammond says the minister is saying one thing and doing another.
"For him to sit up there and say we have put more money in, or we are student centric. I haven't seen any of that at the table," he says. "Ask my colleagues if they have seen that, that those actual kind of comments and investment or proposals at the table — it's not happening."
Catholic Teachers Union (OECTA) President Liz Stuart says the teachers, regardless of the union, are united pointing out the Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Association has lost 300 positions affecting the most vulnerable students.
Public High School Teachers Union (OSSTF) President Harvey Bischof says talks have gone nowhere.
"We have not heard back since then that the government is prepared to make a single move that will support student services, not one, not in two months," says Bischof.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce is condemning the latest strike action saying, "it is time to get a deal and the students of this province should be in class."
Public elementary teachers in Windsor-Essex are taking part in a one-day rotating strike on Wednesday.