ONTARIO – A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario’s education workers and the government.
The announcement was made in a press release Friday afternoon.
The tentative central agreement reached is for ETFO’s 3,500 education workers.
ETFO President Karen Brown said in a press release “ tentative agreements are possible when all parties are genuinely engaged and when you give the legal bargaining process a chance.”
The agreement will now be shared with its education worker members after a meeting is held with their local presidents and chief negotiators.
“A ratification vote is being scheduled; details of the vote will be shared with members once they are confirmed,” the press release said.
Meanwhile, an agreement has not yet been reached for ETFO’s 80,000 teacher and occasional teacher members.
In a statement Education Minister Stephen Lecce said his focus is on keeping kids in class.
“While we are making progress, we are again urging all remaining teacher unions to come to the table and sign a deal that ensures children benefit from uninterrupted learning for the next three years, with an enhanced focus on strengthening reading, writing, and math skills,” Lecce said.
Teachers represented by ETFO are voting until October 17 on whether to give their union a strike mandate.
