If you have a student enrolled in a UGDSB high school, you may be free from strikes for the next four years, following a tentative deal.
Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced today a “tentative four-year agreement with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) on a process that, if ratified by the union’s members, will keep students in class where they belong.”
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation President Karen Littlewood stated in a release “today represents a critical point in this round of bargaining.”
She went on to say “it is critical we allow our members to have the final say through a vote on whether (we) should enter into this proposal.”
Lecce stated “to ensure stability across the entire education system, we are inviting all outstanding teacher unions to meet with the government as early as Monday to also enter into a tentative deal ahead of the start of school.”
“Let’s get these deals done and let kids get back to learning in peace and with confidence.”
OSSTF represents more than 60,000 members in Ontario’s English public secondary schools.
The release stated education funding for 2023-24 includes an increase of $693 million in base Grants for Student Needs funding compared to the prior year, or a 2.7 per cent increase.
