Ontario’s Catholic teachers have reached a tentative deal with the province, becoming the first teachers’ union to do so in the current round of contract negotiations. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) said the agreement was reached with “the Ontario Catholic Trustees’ Association and the Government of Ontario on central terms for a new collective agreement. The Catholic teachers, province and school boards were called back to the bargaining table last week by the provincial mediator and had kept up talks since. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is the lone teachers’ union that has not been called back to restart talks. Sign Up NowHowever, the situation with high school teachers remains tense.

Source: thestar March 12, 2020 20:55 UTC