TORONTO – Some Ontario high school teachers will no longer be ramping up their job action today.
  
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation had instructed its members who are in a legal strike position to skip staff meetings and forgo standardized tests.
   
But in a release issued late last night, federation president Ken Coran said the union plans to meet with government officials today to “fast track to potential resolutions” to their dispute.
   
As a result, the OSSTF says it is delaying planned labour sanctions until just before midnight on Sunday.
   
The federation, which represents about 60-thousand members, is among three unions which have been fuming over the new anti-strike law brought in by the cash-strapped Liberal government. It also cuts benefits and freezes the wages of senior teachers.
   
Education Minister Laurel Broten says she is pleased with the union’s decision and is looking forward to the coming talks.
   
In the previously planned job action, local bargaining units could have decided to instruct teachers to stop doing other tasks as well, such as not submitting student attendance or participating in curriculum or course writing.