A tentative deal has been reached between the provincial government and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association.
OECTA is the last teachers’ union to come to an agreement.
It was done after more than 20 months of bargaining.
OECTA had rejected, earlier this year, the province’s proposal to use binding arbitration.
“This agreement is yet further proof that free and fair collective bargaining works,” states René Jansen in de Wal, OECTA president.
The deal is for three years, but the specific details are not being released pending ratification.
OECTA says 45,000 teachers will participate in a province-wide vote on March 26th and 27th.
Education Minister Stephen says reaching the tentative agreement is good news for all parents and students in the province.
“This is very good news for Ontario families because these kids deserve routine in their lives,” says Lecce.
“It’s been almost a generation since the last time a government has delivered deals without any strike or any withdrawal of service at the local or provincial level.”
Deals with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario were reached last fall.
Another for the province’s French-board teachers was concluded in February.
Agreements for education support staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Ontario Council of Educational Workers were finalized in 2022.
