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BEHIND THE SCENES OF BARGAINING — Monday marked the first and only full day of negotiations this month between a major education union and the province, with contracts set to expire August 31.

Here’s what went down at the nine-hour marathon meeting:

— According to the union, CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions, they…