The Ontario government has reached a tentative deal with school staff represented by the Ontario Council of Educational Workers. OCEW issued a statement saying the deal was reached after multiple days of negotiations between the bargaining council, the Council of Trustees’ Association and the province. It says the tentative deal will go to members for…
Ontario Government Reaches Tentative Deal With Ontario Council of Educational Workers
Ontario Education Workers Vote to Accept Deal With Province
Ontario education workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have voted to accept a four-year contract with the province, with 73 percent of its 55,000 members voting in favour. Laura Walton, a spokesperson for CUPE said at a press conference on Dec. 5 that 76 percent of members, about 41,000, voted in…
Ontario’s Lowest-Paid Education Workers to Get 4.2 Percent Salary Increase If New Deal Ratified
The tentative government deal offered to Ontario education support workers threatening a strike would provide the lowest-paid members a 4.2 percent yearly salary increase, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Monday at a press conference. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) represents librarians, early childhood educators, janitors, and other school support staff. Instead of the…
Tentative Deal With Ontario Education Workers Will Avert Strike, Keep Schools Open
At nearly the final hour of bargaining, before a scheduled strike of 55,000 education support workers would have shut down most Ontario schools tomorrow, the government said a tentative agreement has been reached with the union after intense weekend bargaining. At a news conference today, Education Minister Stephen Lecce said the deal “will provide stability…
Ontario Education Workers Threaten Another Strike After Talks Break Down
One day after an anti-strike law was repealed by the Ontario government, the union representing education support staff in the province has again delivered a five-day strike notice to the government, saying they will walk off the job because contract talks have broken down. A strike could shut down schools on Nov. 21, for the…
Ontario Kids Back in School, Education Workers Back at the Bargaining Table After Walkout
Ontario schools reopened for in-person learning today after Premier Doug Ford said he “extended an olive branch” to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 55,000 education support staff. Ford said Bill 28, the back-to-work legislation that used the notwithstanding clause to impose a four-year contract on education workers, would be repealed if…
Labour Board Hearing Continues Today After 16 Hours of Heated Debate
After more than 16 hours of arguments before the labour board on Nov. 5, the hearing continued the following day with both sides making their case about the ongoing strike of 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Nov. 4, closing multiple schools across the province for in-person learning. Arguments before board chair…
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