The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) has reached a tentative labour deal with the provincial government. Liz Stuart, OECTA's president, said the union will suspend all strike action until members vote on the agreement. OECTA represents some 45,000 elementary and secondary teachers in the publicly funded Catholic school system. The deal makes OECTA the first of the four major teachers' unions to reach an agreement in a highly contentious round of bargaining. Bargaining resumed with all unions except the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation after Education Minister Stephen Lecce made recent concessions on two key issues.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2020 20:39 UTC