Canada: Ontario high school teachers reach a deal with government
With the school year fast approaching Ontario’s public high school teachers have agreed to terms on a new contract with the provincial government, avoiding labour action which included a ban on extracurricular activities.
The presidents of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) backed the deal late last week, and in doing so announced that planned job action would be cancelled. Teachers vote to ratify the deal in early September.
The new three-year, tentative agreement sees teachers receive an additional professional development day, a salary increase of 1.5 percent along with a 1 percent one-time payment.
Earlier in the summer teachers threatened to halt all extracurricular sports activities if a deal was no reached.
