Global News: Ontario Public High School Teachers Reach Contract Deal

Global News reports that the union representing Ontario Public High School teachers has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government, bringing to an end months of contentious negotiations between the government and the four unions representing different groups of teachers in the province.

At the negotiations most contentious points the unions had instituted rolling strikes throughout the province, however closures of schools due to the novel coronavirus had brought such actions to a close. Union leaders, while admitting they did not win everything they wanted in the interest of providing a stable school system once precautions around the pandemic allow a return to physical school buildings, say the deal represents a win for the interests of parents and teachers.

Members could vote on the agreement as early as next month.