Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce will speak to the media Monday after the government reached a tentative deal with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) that would avoid a strike.
OSSTF/FEESO said Friday it would recommend to its union members that they enter into a proposal to “resolve bargaining” with the Ontario government after its unit presidents and chief negotiators “voted overwhelmingly” in favour of the recommendation.
The process, according to the union, could include binding interest arbitration.
“The proposal is not a tentative agreement but establishes a clear pathway forward for this round of bargaining,” OSSTF/FEESO said in a press release Friday.
According to the union, if the proposal is accepted, there will be no strikes or lockouts during this round of bargaining between OSSTF/FEESO.
In a statement, Lecce said he is “pleased” that the government has reached a “tentative four-year-agreement with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation on a process that, if ratified by union members, will keep students in class where they belong.”
The four major teachers’ unions have been bargaining with the government for over a year and all have complained about the slow pace.
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