The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached with representatives of the Liberal government and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association.
"We appreciate the government's efforts and those of the Catholic school trustees in reaching this tentative agreement," said Ann Hawkins, OECTA President. "We worked hard to address the concerns of our members and believe this agreement will protect them as well as the quality of education in our schools."
The details of the settlement are confidential, pending ratification by OECTA members, but work to rule has been immediately suspended during the ratification period.
OECTA represents 50,000 elementary and secondary school teachers in Ontario and has been in a legal strike position since August 17, 2015. Prior to reaching the tentative settlement, only one school, Bishop Belleau in Moosonee, had commenced work to rule sanctions, which will now be suspended.
During the summer, OECTA launched its TeachersMatter campaign to keep the public informed of what was at stake during these negotiations: data collection, workload, hiring and wages. To date, OECTA has obtained over 10,000 supporters on its teachersmatter.ca website.
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