The Metro Toronto Elementary Teacher's strike was a month-long labour dispute that saw nearly 10,000 elementary teachers with the then Metropolitan Public School Board in Metro Toronto, Ontario, Canada, walk off the job in a bid to achieve more preparation time.
[1] The strike ran from September 21[2] to October 18, 1987.
[3] The strike involved members of CUPE (Locals 1325, 808 and 134) and OPSEU (mistakenly identified as OPSUE).
After negotiations the requested preparation time led to compromise for 100 minutes and eventually 120 minutes.
[4] Before 1987 there is one notable event: Since 1987 there have been other labour actions in Toronto and beyond:[4]