“We can all leave this deal knowing we’ve achieved some incremental success, and that is important for the students of this province,” Lecce told reporters gathered at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. Education Minister Stephen Lecce and the bargaining unit for the Canadian Union of Public Employees announced that they’d come to a deal just hours before a midnight strike deadline. TORONTO — A strike that would have closed hundreds of schools across Ontario was averted Sunday night as the province reached a tentative deal with the union representing thousands of education workers. We were also able to achieve modest wage increases.″Lecce said the new deal “strengthens the integrity” of the sick leave program. The 55,000 education workers represented by CUPE include custodians, early childhood educators and clerical staff — performing vital roles that at least two dozen school boards said they couldn’t safely operate without.

Source: Huffington Post October 07, 2019 00:56 UTC