Ontario Education Workers Set A Strike Date. Will they walk? And did a Loblaw BOT answer our interview request ?

Ontario’s education workers are given the go-ahead to walk off the job. But will they? Where have all the workers gone. Employers struggle to fill jobs. Market watchers say part of the gap's been caused by an extraordinary number of workers choosing retirement. And the Now and Next team reached out to Loblaw for clarity on the grocer's plan to freeze prices on No-Name products. We got an answer. At best it was an automated bot response. At worst, some human answered without understanding our request.Time Codes:03:36 - Ontario Education workers win the communications game in their contract stand off with the province.06:41 - Both sides are far apart on their proposals. Is there room for optimism in these talks?12:41 - A lot of workers are starting to circle dates on the calendar. Get ready for the “great retirement”23:56 - We invited Loblaw’s to join the show to talk about plans to freeze prices. We got a polite rejection from a BOT?Today on the Brief with Dave, October is Cyber Security Month. We hear from Wayne Ronhaar, CEO of Cylentium, a cyber security technology company and Retired Major General David Fraser, former Commander of Canadian and NATO forces in Afghanistan, talking about the smart phone apps and leading edge tech being used in war zones. It's an excerpt from our Original SSN podcast series, 1 CLICK 2 CYBER CHAOSHey! Wanna join Dave for coffee on the weekends?Support Now and Next EXTRA! with Dave Trafford.Subscribe to our Exclusive Supercast feed for access to Now and Next EXTRA -the full version of The Brief with DT, early access to Now & Next episodes, AMA sessions with the SSN team, and access to our message board.Your contributions to our show helps us pay our team of producers and editors and produce more awesome podcast series!CONTACT US!Dave on Twitter www.twitter.com/davetraffordErin on Twitter www.twitter.com/erintraffordErin on Instagram www.instagram.com/its.erintraffordErin on TikTok www.tiktok.com/erintraffordEmail us [email protected] & Next Cast and Crew· Associate Producer Becky Coles· Production Manager Jaime Nickerson· Audio Editors Mike Treutler and Drew Garner· Sonic Logo Designer and Creative Branding Greg MacDonaldNow & Next is a Story Studio Network OriginalYou can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.