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Ontario education workers reach deal with province, averting Monday school strike

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Last-minute talks allow CUPE, the government to reach a tentative agreement
Some 55,000 educational workers in Ontario will not strike Monday after last-minute talks successful contract with the provincial government, according to Education Minister Stephen Lecce.

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing a number of educational support workers across the province, reached a tentative agreement on a Sunday night – a move that should allow public schools to open as usual.

Lecce said he expects the deal tonight means students across Ontario will be able to go to school as usual on Monday morning after a “positive outcome” of negotiations.

“Parents can rest easy knowing that the government is working tirelessly to ensure their children remain in the class, where they are,” said Lecce.

He added that the deal represented “additional success” for contract talks with the teacher’s unions continue.

the union said it was able to secure a simple wage increase and maintain the existing sick leave plan – a sticking point for the trustees of the school.

Last-minute talks allow CUPE, the government to reach a tentative agreement
Some 55,000 educational workers in Ontario will not strike Monday after last-minute talks successful contract with the provincial government, according to Education Minister Stephen Lecce.

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Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing a number of educational support workers across the province, reached a tentative agreement on a Sunday night – a move that should allow public schools to open as usual.

Lecce said he expects the deal tonight means students across Ontario will be able to go to school as usual on Monday morning after a “positive outcome” of negotiations.

“Parents can rest easy knowing that the government is working tirelessly to ensure their children remain in the class, where they are,” said Lecce.

He added that the deal represented “additional success” for contract talks with the teacher’s unions continue.

the union said it was able to secure a simple wage increase and maintain the existing sick leave plan – a sticking point for the trustees of the school.

“Thanks for opening the piggy bank and allowing us to get the services that we needed for our students,” she said.

Walton says those who have benefited the most from this decision aren’t workers, but students and parents.

“I think the students and families were the victors in this, we’re just the people supporting them,” she said.

Walton said his union will hold a ratification vote with the aim of completing a new collective agreement at the end of the month. Meanwhile, the work-to-rule campaign by CUPE education workers, which includes administrative staff, educational assistants and guards, would come to an end.

Full terms of the deal were not immediately available.

Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) said the tentative agreement must be kept confidential until ratification.

“OPSBA will continue negotiating with another union that represents teachers and education workers, with the best interests of students in mind,” said Cathy OPSBA President Abraham in a press release Sunday.

Walton apologized on Sunday for how long it took to be able to give an update.

“Trust this process has taken longer than I hoped it would be,” he said. “I do regret the disruption to your life.”

Have the province and the union fail to reach an agreement, many school boards across the province planned to close schools completely. Parents are also warned to expect closures and disruption of recreational and after-school programs.

While the dust settles for education workers, the unions representing Ontario’s teachers are in the midst of bargaining with the Ford government and the province’s school boards.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Ford had to reverse government cuts to education now that the school closure was “narrowly avoided.”

“Now, more than ever, Ontarians recognize the importance of our educational system and the important role that workers play of our education,” he said in a statement released Sunday.

Negotiations occur because the government has ordered the school board to start increasing the size of the class, moving to an average of 22-28 high school for four years. Class sizes for Grades 4 to 8 will be increased by one student per class, 23-24.

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