OTTAWA, Ont. – Elementary school teachers in the Ottawa Carleton District School Board will be taking strike action on Monday.  

Union Vice President Jane Fraser confirmed the news to the Ottawa Citizen, but she said classrooms would still be staffed by the 3,000 members of the union.

The union will be in a legal strike position on Friday, but will hold off on the yet-to-be-named action until Monday.

Teachers have voted 97 per cent in favour of a strike.

The labour tension in the public school system stems from the controversial passing of Bill 115 in September. The legislation gives the government the power to stop strikes and lockouts, forces a two-year wage freeze for teachers and cuts sick days.