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A recent dust-up in the house of labour has raised questions about when unions should opt for arbitration. When the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) struck a “tentative deal” with the province in late August seeming to surrender the union’s right to strike in favour of binding settlement, this usually banal and technical issue momentarily became a political flashpoint.  Under the proposed plan, OSSTF would continue its current education bargaining with the government until the October 27 deadline, after which any outstanding issues — likely to be disagreements over wages and class sizes — would be sent to binding arbitration ... ... Union members are voting until September 27 on whether to accept the arbitration plan. Unsurprisingly, many are unhappy with the proposal. Indeed, there are locals of the OSSTF openly criticizing the deal. Such frustration is easy to understand  ... CLICK HERE for the full story